Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 839
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ، وَمَنْصُورٍ، وَفُلاَنٍ، سَمِعُوا سَالِمَ بْنَ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: وُلِدَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَّا مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ غُلاَمٌ، وَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُسَمِّيَهُ مُحَمَّدًا، قَالَ شُعْبَةُ فِي حَدِيثِ مَنْصُورٍ: إِنَّ الأَنْصَارِيَّ قَالَ: حَمَلْتُهُ عَلَى عُنُقِي، فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وَفِي حَدِيثِ سُلَيْمَانَ: وُلِدَ لَهُ غُلاَمٌ فَأَرَادُوا أَنْ يُسَمِّيَهُ مُحَمَّدًا، قَالَ: تَسَمُّوا بِاسْمِي، وَلاَ تُكَنُّوا بِكُنْيَتِي، فَإِنِّي إِنَّمَا جُعِلْتُ قَاسِمًا، أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ. وَقَالَ حُصَيْنٌ: بُعِثْتُ قَاسِمًا أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ.
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Abu al-Walid related to us, saying: Shu‘ba related to us, from Sulayman, Mansur, and so-and-so, who heard Salim ibn Abi al-Ja‘d, from Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah, who said: A boy was born to one of our men among the Ansar, and he wanted to name him Muhammad. Shu‘ba said in the narration of Mansur: The Ansari said: “I carried him on my neck and brought him to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.” In the narration of Sulayman, it says: A boy was born to him, and they wanted to name him Muhammad. He said: “Name yourselves with my name, but do not use my kunya, for I have only been made a distributor, distributing among you.” Husayn said: “I was sent as a distributor, distributing among you.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَقَالَ حُصَيْنٌ: بُعِثْتُ قَاسِمًا أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ
The English witness omits the final variant attributed to Husayn; it is included here.
Should the omitted variant be retained in the English text?