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ahmad:14363Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Sālim > Jābir

Give the name after my name, but do not give (the kunya of Abu'l-Qasim after my) kunya, for I am Abu'l-Qasim (in the sense) that I distribute amongst you (the spoils of war) and disseminate the knowledge (of revelation). This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr but with a slight variation of wording. (Using translation from Muslim 2133d)   

أحمد:١٤٣٦٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنِّي جُعِلْتُ قَاسِمًا أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
bukhari:6196Ādam > Shuʿbah > Ḥuṣayn b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Name yourselves after me (by my name) but do not call (yourselves) by my Kuniya (1), for I am Al-Qasim (distributor), and I distribute among you Allah's blessings." This narration has also come on the authority of Anas that the ! Prophet said so."  

البخاري:٦١٩٦حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا قَاسِمٌ أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَرَوَاهُ أَنَسٌ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

muslim:2133d[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash [Chain 2] Abū Saʿīd al-Ashaj > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Give the name after my name, but do not give (the kunya of Abu'l-Qasim after my) kunya, for I am Abu'l-Qasim (in the sense) that I distribute amongst you (the spoils of war) and disseminate the knowledge (of revelation). This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr but with a slight variation of wording.  

مسلم:٢١٣٣dحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنِّي أَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا  

muslim:2133eAbū Kurayb > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash Bihadhā al-Isnād

This hadith has been reported on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters but there is a slight variation (of wording) that, instead of the word Bu'ithat (I have been sent), the word ju'ilat (I have been made) has been used.  

مسلم:٢١٣٣eوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ

وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا جُعِلْتُ قَاسِمًا أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ  

ibnmajah:3735Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ayyūb > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

"Abul Qasim ﷺ said: 'Call yourselves by my name but do not call yourselves by my Kunyah."  

ابن ماجة:٣٧٣٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَ

أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي  

ibnmajah:3736Abū Bakr > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

"Call yourselves by my name but do not call yourselves by my Kunyah."  

ابن ماجة:٣٧٣٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي  

ahmad:14357[Chain 1] Ismāʿīl / Ibn ʿUlayyah > Hishām [Chain 2] Hishām [Chain 3] Hishām > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever is named after me, should not adopt my nickname. And whoever adopts my nickname, should not be named after me."  

أحمد:١٤٣٥٧حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُلَيَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ ح وَعَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ ح وَكَثِيرُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَسَمَّى بِاسْمِي فَلَايَتَكَنَّى بِكُنْيَتِي وَمَنْ تَكَنَّى بِكُنْيَتِي فَلَا يَتَسَمَّى بِاسْمِي  

ahmad:14364Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

"Call yourselves by my name but do not call yourselves by my Kunyah." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3736)  

أحمد:١٤٣٦٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي  

ahmad:14227Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Give the name after my name, but do not give (the kunya of Abu'l-Qasim after my) kunya, for I am Abu'l-Qasim (in the sense) that I distribute amongst you (the spoils of war) and disseminate the knowledge (of revelation). This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr but with a slight variation of wording. (Using translation from Muslim 2133d)   

أحمد:١٤٢٢٧حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنِّي أَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ  

ahmad:10077ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Salīm b. Ḥayyān from his father > Abū Hurayrah

"Call yourselves by my name but do not call yourselves by my Kunyah." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3736)  

أحمد:١٠٠٧٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَلِيمُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ عَنِ أَبِيهِ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي  

ahmad:7654ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

"Call yourselves by my name but do not call yourselves by my Kunyah." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3736)   

أحمد:٧٦٥٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي  

ahmad:10191Wakīʿ > Dāwud b. Qays > Mūsá b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

"Call yourselves by my name but do not call yourselves by my Kunyah." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3736)  

أحمد:١٠١٩١حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي  

ahmad:10482ʿAlī b. ʿĀṣim > Khālid And Hishām > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

"Call yourselves by my name but do not call yourselves by my Kunyah." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3736)  

أحمد:١٠٤٨٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ وَهِشَامٌ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي  

darimi:2735Saʿīd b. ʿĀmir > Hishām > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

"Call yourselves by my name but do not call yourselves by my Kunyah." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3736)  

الدارمي:٢٧٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تََكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي»  

hakim:7735Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Maḥbūbī > Saʿīd b. Masʿūd > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Shuʿbah > Qatādah And Manṣūr Wasulaymān Waḥuṣayn b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Wulid Lilʾanṣār Walad Faʾarādūā > Yusammūh

[Machine] "To name him Muhammad and they came with him the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and he said, "The Ansar have done well to name themselves after me and not use my nickname, for I was sent as a distributor [of inheritance] among you."  

الحاكم:٧٧٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْمَحْبُوبِيُّ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ ثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ وَمَنْصُورٍ وَسُلَيْمَانَ وَحُصَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا سَالِمَ بْنَ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ وُلِدَ لِلْأَنْصَارِ وَلَدٌ فَأَرَادُوا

أَنْ يُسَمُّوهُ مُحَمَّدًا فَأَتَوْا بِهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَحْسَنَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ قَاسِمًا أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَقَدِ اتَّفَقَا فِيهِ عَلَى حَدِيثِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ بِغَيْرِهَذِهِ السِّيَاقَةِ وَقَدْ جَمَعَ بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ وَأَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ بَيْنَ الْأَرْبَعَةِ كَمَا جَمَعَ بَيْنَهُمُ النَّضْرُ بْنُ الشُّمَيْلِ
ibnhibban:5812Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ > Abū Yūnus > Abū Hurayrah

"Call yourselves by my name but do not call yourselves by my Kunyah." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3736)   

ابن حبّان:٥٨١٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو يُونُسَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي»