Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2836
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ يِسَافٍ، عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ عُمَيْلَةَ الْفَزَارِيِّ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ تُسَمِّي غُلاَمَكَ رَبَاحٌ وَلاَ أَفْلَحُ وَلاَ يَسَارٌ وَلاَ نَجِيحٌ يُقَالُ أَثَمَّ هُوَ فَيُقَالُ لاَ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Samurah ibn Jundub reported that the Messenger of Allah said, ‘Do not name your boy Rabah, Aflah, Yasar, or Najih, lest someone ask, “Is he there?” and the answer be, “No.”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Abu ‘Isa graded this hadith hasan sahih. The warning concerns names whose positive meanings (profit, success, ease, or achievement) make a negative answer sound ill-omened.