What’s the ruling of naming with the name ‘Abdud-Dayyaan?

Answered by our Shaykh, the ‘Allaamah, the Sincere Adviser, Abu ‘Abdirrahman Yahya bin ‘Ali Al-Hajoori – may Allaah preserve him – on the 28th, Saffar, 1441H

Question:

What’s the ruling of naming with the name ‘Abdud-Dayyaan?

Answer:

There’s nothing preventing this, and the proof is the hadith:

“أنا الملك أنا الديان”
“I am the King, I am the Judge.”

Translated by Abu ‘Abdillah ‘Umar bin Yahya Al-‘Akawi