Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 821
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالاَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ، أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، فَسَأَلَتْهُ عَنِ اسْمِ أُخْتٍ لَهُ عِنْدَهُ؟ قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: اسْمُهَا بَرَّةُ، قَالَتْ: غَيِّرِ اسْمَهَا، فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَكَحَ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتَ جَحْشٍ وَاسْمُهَا بَرَّةُ، فَغَيَّرَ اسْمَهَا إِلَى زَيْنَبَ، وَدَخَلَ عَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ حِينَ تَزَوَّجَهَا، وَاسْمِي بَرَّةُ، فَسَمِعَهَا تَدْعُونِي: بَرَّةَ، فَقَالَ: لاَ تُزَكُّوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْبَرَّةِ مِنْكُنَّ وَالْفَاجِرَةِ، سَمِّيهَا زَيْنَبَ، فَقَالَتْ: فَهِيَ زَيْنَبُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا: سَمِّي، فَقَالَتْ: غَيِّرْهُ إِلَى مَا غَيَّرَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَسَمِّهَا زَيْنَبَ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
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.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
لاَ تُزَكُّوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ
The Arabic means “Do not declare yourselves pure” or “do not self-purify”; “adorn yourselves” does not match the expression.
Please correct the phrase against the Arabic.