Names

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Shurayh ibn Hani’ said: Hani’ ibn Yazid told me that when he came as a delegation to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with his people, the Prophet heard them calling him Abu al-Hakam. He summoned him and said: “Allah is the Judge, and judgment belongs to Him. Why have you taken the kunya Abu al-Hakam?” He replied: “No, but when my people disagree about something, they come to me and I judge between them, and both parties are satisfied.” He said: “How good this is!” Then he asked: “What children do you have?” I replied: “Shurayh, ‘Abdullah, and Muslim, the sons of Hani’.” He asked: “Which of them is the oldest?” I replied: “Shurayh.” He said: “Then you are Abu Shurayh.” And he supplicated for him and his children.

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Abu Hadrad reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Who will drive these camels of ours?”—or he said: “Who will convey these camels of ours?” A man said: “I will.” He asked: “What is your name?” The man replied: “So-and-so.” He said: “Sit down.” Then another man stood and he asked: “What is your name?” The man replied: “So-and-so.” He said: “Sit down.” Then another man stood and he asked: “What is your name?” He replied: “Najiyah.” He said: “You are the one for them; drive them.”

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Ibn ‘Abbas said: The Prophet of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came toward us swiftly while we were sitting, until his speed toward us alarmed us. When he reached us, he greeted us and said: “I came quickly to you to tell you about the Night of Decree, but I forgot it between my setting out and reaching you. So seek it in the last ten nights.”

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Abu Wahb, who was a Companion, reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Name yourselves with the names of the prophets. The names most beloved to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, are ‘Abdullah and ‘Abd al-Rahman. The truest names are al-Harith and Hammam, and the ugliest are Harb and Murra.”

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Jabir said: A man among us had a boy born to him and named him al-Qasim. We said: “We will not give you the kunya Abu al-Qasim, nor any honor.” The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was informed, and he said: “Name your son ‘Abd al-Rahman.”

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Sahl said: Al-Mundhir ibn Abi Usayd was brought to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when he was born. The Prophet placed him on his thigh while Abu Usayd was sitting nearby. The Prophet became occupied with something before him, and Abu Usayd ordered his son to be carried away from the Prophet’s thigh. When the Prophet came to, he asked: “Where is the child?” Abu Usayd replied: “We moved him, Messenger of Allah.” He asked: “What is his name?” Abu Usayd said: “So-and-so.” He replied: “No, his name is al-Mundhir.” So he named him al-Mundhir that day.

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Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “The most contemptible name in Allah’s sight is that of a man who calls himself ‘King of Kings.’”

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Talq ibn Habib said: I was the strongest denier of intercession among people, so I asked Jabir. He said: “Talq, I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: ‘They will come out of the Fire after entering it.’ And we recite what you recite.”

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Hanzala ibn Hudhaym said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, liked for a man to be called by the name he loved most and by his favorite kunya.

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Ibn ‘Umar reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, changed the name of ‘Asiya, saying: “You are Jamila.”

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Muhammad ibn ‘Amr ibn ‘Ata’ said: I visited Zaynab bint Abi Salama, and she asked me about the name of one of my sisters. I said: “Her name is Barrah.” She said: “Change her name. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, married Zaynab bint Jahsh, whose name was Barrah, and he changed it to Zaynab. When he married Umm Salama, he came to her while my name was Barrah. He heard her calling me ‘Barrah’ and said: ‘Do not declare yourselves pure; Allah knows best which of you are righteous and which are wicked. Call her Zaynab.’” Umm Salama said: “Then she is Zaynab.” I said to her: “Give her a name.” She said: “Change it to the name the Messenger of Allah changed it to”—so name her Zaynab.

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‘Umar ibn ‘Uthman ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Sa‘id al-Makhzumi said: My grandfather told me, from his father—whose name was as-Sarm—that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, renamed him Sa‘id. He said: “I saw ‘Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, reclining in the mosque.”

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‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said: When al-Hasan, may Allah be pleased with him, was born, I named him Harb. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came and said: “Show me my son. What have you named him?” We said: “Harb.” He replied: “Rather, he is Hasan.” When al-Husayn, may Allah be pleased with him, was born, I named him Harb. The Prophet came and said: “Show me my son. What have you named him?” We said: “Harb.” He replied: “Rather, he is Husayn.” When the third child was born, I named him Harb. The Prophet came and said: “Show me my son. What have you named him?” We said: “Harb.” He replied: “Rather, he is Muhsin.” Then he said: “I have named them with the names of Aaron’s sons: Shabr, Shubayr, and Mushabbir.”

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Rayita bint Muslim reported from her father: I was present with the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, at Hunayn. He asked me: “What is your name?” I replied: “Ghurab.” He said: “No, rather your name is Muslim.”

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‘A’isha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: A man named Shihab was mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. The Messenger of Allah said: “Rather, you are Hisham.”

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Musaddad related to us, saying: Yahya ibn Sa‘id related to us, from Zakariyya, who said: ‘Amir related to me, from ‘Abdullah ibn Muti‘, who said: I heard Muti‘ say: I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say on the day of the conquest of Mecca: “After this day, no Qurashi is to be put to death in captivity until the Day of Resurrection.” None of the rebels of Quraysh except Muti‘ reached Islam. His name had been al-‘As, and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, named him Muti‘.

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Abu al-Yaman related to us, saying: Shu‘ayb related to us, from al-Zuhri, who said: Abu Salama related to me that ‘A’isha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “O ‘A’ish, here is Jibril conveying greetings of peace to you.” She said: “And upon him be peace, and the mercy and blessings of Allah.” She said: “He sees what I do not see.”

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Muhammad ibn ‘Uqba related to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Yashkuri al-Basri related to us, saying: My grandmother, Umm Kulthum bint Thumama, related to me that she came as a pilgrim. Her brother, al-Mukhariq ibn Thumama, said to her: “Go to ‘A’isha and ask her about ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan, for people have said much about him among us.” She said: “I went to her and said: ‘One of your sons sends you greetings of peace and asks you about ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan.’” She said: “And upon him be peace and the mercy of Allah.” She said: “As for me, I testify that I saw ‘Uthman in this house on a sweltering night, while the Prophet of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and Jibril were there as revelation was being sent to him. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was tapping the palm—or shoulder—of Ibn ‘Affan with his hand, saying: ‘Write, ‘Uthman!’ Allah would not grant His Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, such a standing except to a man whom He honors. Whoever insults Ibn ‘Affan, upon him is the curse of Allah.’”

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Sulayman ibn Harb related to us, saying: al-Aswad ibn Shayban related to us, saying: Khalid ibn Sumayr related to us, saying: Bashir ibn Nahik related to me, saying: Bashir related to us: He came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said: “What is your name?” He said: “Zahm.” He said: “Rather, you are Bashir [Bearer of good news].” While I was walking alongside the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, he said: “Ibn al-Khasasiyya, what do you find fault with Allah for this morning? You are walking alongside the Messenger of Allah.” I said: “May my father and mother be your ransom, I find nothing at all to fault in Allah; I have attained every good.” He came to the graves of the polytheists and said: “These people have missed out on much good.” Then he came to the graves of the Muslims and said: “These people have attained much good.” Then there was a man wearing two leather sandals walking among the graves. He said: “O wearer of the two leather sandals, take off your sandals!” So he removed them.

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Sa‘id ibn Mansur related to us, saying: ‘Ubaydullah ibn Iyad related to us, from his father, who said: I heard Layla, the wife of Bashir, relating from Bashir ibn al-Khasasiyya—whose name had been Zahm—and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, named him Bashir.