Mujtaba

{{Infobox given name|name=Mujtaba
اَلْـمُـجْـتَـبَى|image=|imagesize=|caption=|gender=Male|meaning='Chosen'|region=Muslim world|origin=Arabic|alternative spelling=Mujteba, Moedjtaba and Mojtaba|romanization=al-Mujtabā}}Mujtaba ({{Langx|ar|اَلْـمُـجْـتَـبَى|translit=al-Mujtabā}}) is an Arabic given name meaning 'the Chosen'. It is an honorific title for the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his grandson Hasan.الأربلي، كشف الغمة،ج 2 ص 296.{{cite book |last=Madelung |first=Wilferd |title=The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1997 |isbn=0-521-64696-0 |authorlink=Wilferd Madelung}}{{cite book |last1=al-Qurashi |first1=Baqir Shareef |title=The life of Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba |date=2006 |publisher=Ansariyan Publications |others=Translated by Jasim al-Rasheed |editor1-last=Al-Shahin |editor1-first=Abdullah |edition=first |location=Qum |page=59}}{{cite book |last=Momen |first=Moojan |title=An Introduction to Shi'i Islam |publisher=Yale University Press |year=1985 |isbn=978-0-300-03531-5 |pages=26}}