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Assalamualaikum...can u please tell me the meaning and origin of name zohair.......I read online as friend of prophet Muhammad sallallahunalaihi wasallam....but I did not come across any Sahaba name as zohair in seer at un nabi....can u please put some light on this..can one keep this name for a boy..

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This is an official answer by QuranicNames.com Staff

For the meaning and details of Zohair please see: Zuhair

Zuhair is the name of many Sahabis (companions of the Prophet ﷺ), such as Zuhair al-Anmari, Zuhair bin Abi Umayyah and Zuhair bin al-Harith bin Awf.

Zuhair has a good meaning so you can use it for a Muslim child.

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Reader Comments:

on Tuesday 27th of October 2015 04:15:33 PM

Zohair ibn qain was a sahabi of Prophet s.a.w and he was martyred in the battle of karbala and was a close friend of imam Hussain a.s
on Wednesday 4th of April 2018 09:01:17 AM

Does Zuhair and Zohair has same meaning? Or Zuhair is the prompt name?!
on Saturday 12th of May 2018 09:17:52 PM

Does Zuhair and Zohair has same meaning ? Or Zuhair is the prophet name
on Friday 5th of October 2018 10:37:13 AM

Zuhayr: bright
Zohair: prophets friend,…………..

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