Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 3539

The Kunya of the Prophet (saws)
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Sahih al-Bukhari 3539
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي، وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي ‏"
Translation
Narrated Abu Huraira

Abu-l-Qasim said, "Name yourselves after me, but do not call yourselves by my Kuniya."