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ahmad:17607Surayj b. al-Nuʿmān > Ziyād or ʿAbbād > al-Ḥajjāj > ʿUmayr b. Saʿīd > Sabrah b. Abū Sabrah from his father

[Machine] He came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Who is your son?" He replied, "Fulan and Fulan and Abdullah and Abdulrahman." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Abdulrahman is the most deserving of your names or the best of your names, if you name him Abdullah or Abdulrahman and Harith."  

أحمد:١٧٦٠٧حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادٌ أَوْ عَبَّادٌ عَنْ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سَبْرَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سَبْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا وَلَدُكَ؟ قَالَ فُلَانُ وَفُلَانُ وَعَبْدُ الْعُزَّى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هُوَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّ أَحَقَّ أَسْمَائِكُمْ أَوْ مِنْ خَيْرِ أَسْمَائِكُمْ إِنْ سَمَّيْتُمْ عَبْدَ اللهِوَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَالْحَارِثَ  


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مَنْ يُكَنَّى أَبَا سَبْرَةَ أَبُو سَبْرَةَ الْجُعْفِيُّ

tabarani:19048Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl al-Siqṭī > Saʿīd b. Sulaymān al-Wāsiṭī > ʿAbbād b. al-ʿAwwām > Ḥajjāj > ʿUmayr b. Saʿīd > Sabrah from his father

[Machine] I came to the Prophet ﷺ with my son, and he said, "What is your son's name?" So I said, "Fulan and Fulan and Abdul-Uzza." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of your names are Abdullah, Abdul-Rahman, and Al-Harith."  

الطبراني:١٩٠٤٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ السِّقْطِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ عَنْ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سَبْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَعَ ابْنِي فَقَالَ «مَا وَلَدُكَ؟» فَقُلْتُ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ وَعَبْدُ الْعُزَّى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ أَسْمَائِكُمْ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَالْحَارِثُ»