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ahmad:14963Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Ḥuṣayn > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Wulid Lirajul from al-Anṣār Ghulām Faʾarād

[Machine] A boy was born to a man from the Ansar. He wanted to name him Muhammad, so he took him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and they asked him. He said, "Name him with my name, but do not use my nickname. Indeed, I have been sent as a distributor. I will distribute amongst you."  

أحمد:١٤٩٦٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

وُلِدَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ غُلَامٌ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُسَمِّيَهُ مُحَمَّدًا فَانْطَلَقَ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلُوهُ فَقَالَ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنِّي بُعِثْتُ قَاسِمًا أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ  


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muslim:2133bHannād b. al-Sarī > ʿAbthar > Ḥuṣayn > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

We will not allow you to give the name after the name of Messenger of Allah ﷺ until you ask him (the Holy Prophet). So he (that person) came and said (to the Holy Prophet): A child was born in my house and I wanted to give him the name (of Muhammad) after the name of Messenger of Allah, whereas my people did not allow me that I should name him after that (sacred) name until I have asked Allah's Apostle ﷺ in this connection, whereupon he said: Give him the name after my name, but do not call him by my kunya, for I have been sent as a Qasim as I distribute amongst you.  

مسلم:٢١٣٣bحَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْثَرٌ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

وُلِدَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَّا غُلاَمٌ فَسَمَّاهُ مُحَمَّدًا فَقُلْنَا لاَ نَكْنِيكَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى تَسْتَأْمِرَهُ قَالَ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ وُلِدَ لِي غُلاَمٌ فَسَمَّيْتُهُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَإِنَّ قَوْمِي أَبَوْا أَنْ يَكْنُونِي بِهِ حَتَّى تَسْتَأْذِنَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ قَاسِمًا أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ  

muslim:2133fMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Sālim > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > a man from al-Anṣār Wulid Lah Ghulām Faʾarād

The Ansar have done well to give the name (to your children) after my name, but do not give them the kunya after my kunya.  

مسلم:٢١٣٣fحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ وُلِدَ لَهُ غُلاَمٌ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُسَمِّيَهُ مُحَمَّدًا فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ أَحْسَنَتِ الأَنْصَارُ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي  

ahmad:14183[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah [Chain 2] Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd

The Ansar have done well to give the name (to your children) after my name, but do not give them the kunya after my kunya. (Using translation from Muslim 2133f)  

أحمد:١٤١٨٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ح وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمًا عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وُلِدَ لَهُ غُلَامٌ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُسَمِّيَهُ مُحَمَّدًا فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ أَحْسَنَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي  

ahmad:14964Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Manṣūr > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > a man from al-Anṣār Wulid Lah Ghulām Faʾarād

[Machine] A man from the Ansar had a son and he wanted to name him Muhammad. However, it seemed that they disliked it. So, he carried him on his shoulder and went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Name yourselves after me, but do not use my kunya."  

أحمد:١٤٩٦٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وُلِدَ لَهُ غُلَامٌ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُسَمِّيَهُ مُحَمَّدًا فَكَأَنَّهُمْ كَرِهُوهُ فَحَمَلَهُ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ فَأَتَى بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي  

ahmad:14249Hushaym > Ḥuṣayn > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] A boy was born to one of us, and his father named him Al-Qasim. We said, "We won't offer congratulations until we ask the Prophet ﷺ ." So, we mentioned it to him, and he said, "Name him after me, but do not call him by my nickname, for I have been sent as a distributer (Qasim) among you."  

أحمد:١٤٢٤٩حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

وُلِدَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَّا غُلَامٌ فَسَمَّاهُ الْقَاسِمَ فَقُلْنَا لَا نُكَنِّيكَ بِهِ حَتَّى نَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْنَا لَهُ فَقَالَ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ قَاسِمًا بَيْنَكُمْ  

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