Ashhab (transliteration: Ashhab, Arabic: أشهب) (pronounced Ash-hab) is an Arabic name for boys that means “light gray”12, used especially to describe the color of a horse. When used to describe a day it means “cold and windy”.3 Ashhab also means “lion”.4
There are three Companions of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH named Ashhab:
- al-Ashhab bin al-Harith الأشهب بن الحارث
- al-Ashhab bin Rumailah الأشهب بن رميلة
- al-Ashhab bin Ward الأشهب بن ورد
Below is the name Ashhab written in Arabic naskh script:
Below is the name Ashhab written in Arabic kufi script:
