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كتاب الأسْمَاءِ

Chapter 15: Zahm (meaning "crowd")

Part of previous hadith.

Chapter 16: Barra (meaning "pious")

Ibn 'Abbas said that Juwayriyya's name had been Barra and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had renamed her Juwayriyya.

Abu Hurayra said, "Maymuna's name was Barra and then the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, renamed her Maymuna."

Chapter 17: Aflah (meaning "most successful")

Jabir reported

"The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, said, 'If I will, I will prohibit my community, if Allah so wills,from any of them taking the name Baraka (blessing), Nafi' (Helper) or Aflah(Most Successful),' and I do not know if he said, Rafi' (one who elevates)or not. Someone asks, 'Is Baraka (blessing) here?' and is told, 'He (orit) is not here.' The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,died because he could forbid that (using those names)."

Jabir ibn 'Abdullah said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wanted to forbid people calling themselves Ya'la (to rise), Baraka (blessing), Nafi' (Helper), Yasar (good fortune), Aflah (most successful) and names like that. Then he was silent about that matter and did not say anything."

Chapter 18: Rabah (meaning "profit")

'Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "When the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, withdrew from his wives, I was with Rabah, the slave of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and I called, 'Rabah, ask permission for me to come in to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.'"

Chapter 19: The Names of the Prophets

Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Name yourselves with my name, but do not use my kunya; I am Abu'l-Qasim."

Anas ibn Malik said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was in the market when a man said, 'Abu'l-Qasim!' The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, turned towards him. He said, 'Messenger of Allah, I was calling this man.' The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Call yourselves with my name but do no use my kunya.'"

Yusuf ibn 'Abdullah ibn Sallam said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, named me Yusuf and let me sit in his room and stroked my head."

Jabir ibn 'Abdullah said, "One of our men among the Ansar had ason and wanted to call him Muhammad. The Ansari said, 'I put him on myshoulder and took him to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.[Another variant has

"He had a son and they wanted to name him Muhammad."]The Prophet said, 'Name yourselves with my name but do not use my kunya.I have been made the distributor (Qasim) to divide things between you.'"

Abu Musa said, "I had a son and I brought him to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he named him Ibrahim. He chewed up a date and gave it to him and made supplication for him to be blessed and then gave him back to me." He was Abu Musa's oldest son.

Chapter 20: Hazn (meaning "rough")

Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab reported that his grandfather went to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He asked, "What is your name?" "Hazn (rough)," he replied. The Prophet said, "You are Sahl (easy)." He said, "I will not change a name which my father gave me." Ibn al-Musayyab said, "Roughness (hazuna) remained among us afterwards."