Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3735
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي " .
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It was narrated that Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah said: Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Muhammad, who said: ‘I heard Abu Hurayrah say: Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Use my name, but do not use my kunyah.”’
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Kunyah is an Arabic honorific name formed with Abu (‘father of’) or Umm (‘mother of’); the Prophet's kunyah was Abu al-Qasim.