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Ibn al-Hanafiyya was heard to say, "There was an allowance made for 'Ali. He asked, 'Messenger of Allah, if I have a son after you can I name him with your name and use your kunya?' Yes,' he replied."

الأدب المفرد:٨٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرٌ عَنْ مُنْذِرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ يَقُولُ كَانَتْ رُخْصَةً لِعَلِيٍّ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنْ وُلِدَ لِي بَعْدَكَ أُسَمِّيهِ بِاسْمِكَ وَأُكَنِّيهِ بِكُنْيَتِكَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ

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tirmidhi:2843 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān > Fiṭr b. Khalīfah > Mundhir / al-Thawrī > Muḥammad Ibn al-Ḥanafiyyah > ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

that he said: "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! If I have a son after you do you think I could name him your Kunyah?" He said: "Yes." So he said: "So that was permitted for me."

الترمذي:٢٨٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنِي مُنْذِرٌ وَهُوَ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ وُلِدَ لِي بَعْدَكَ أُسَمِّيهِ مُحَمَّدًا وَأُكْنِيهِ بِكُنْيَتِكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَكَانَتْ رُخْصَةً لِي هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ