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ahmad:18288Ismāʿīl > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > al-Shaʿbī > Abū Jabīrah b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk

[Machine] In Bani Salimah, the verse "Do not insult one another by using offensive nicknames" [Al-Hujurat 11] was revealed. It is said that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Medina, every man among them had two or three names. So, whenever he called someone by one of those names, they would say, "O Messenger of Allah, he dislikes being called by this name." He ﷺ said, "The verse 'Do not insult one another by using offensive nicknames' was then revealed."  

أحمد:١٨٢٨٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو جَبِيرَةَ بْنُ الضَّحَّاكِ قَالَ

فِينَا نَزَلَتْ فِي بَنِي سَلِمَةَ {وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ} [الحجرات 11] قَالَ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَلَيْسَ مِنَّا رَجُلٌ إِلَّا وَلَهُ اسْمَانِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٌ فَكَانَ إِذَا دَعَا أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ بِاسْمٍ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْأَسْمَاءِ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ يَغْضَبُ مِنْ هَذَا قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ {وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ}  


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abudawud:4962Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Wuhayb > Dāwud > ʿĀmir > Abū Jubayrah b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk

This verse was revealed about us, the Banu Salimah: "Nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames: ill-seeming is a name connoting wickedness (to be used of one) after he has believed." He said: When the apostle of Allah ﷺ came to us, every one of us had two or three names. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ began to say: O so and so! But they would say: Keep silence, Messenger of Allah! He becomes angry by this name. So this verse was revealed: "Nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames."  

أبو داود:٤٩٦٢حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ دَاوُدَ عَنْ عَامِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو جُبَيْرَةَ بْنُ الضَّحَّاكِ قَالَ

فِينَا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ فِي بَنِي سَلِمَةَ { وَلاَ تَنَابَزُوا بِالأَلْقَابِ بِئْسَ الاِسْمُ الْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ الإِيمَانِ } قَالَ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَيْسَ مِنَّا رَجُلٌ إِلاَّ وَلَهُ اسْمَانِ أَوْ ثَلاَثَةٌ فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَا فُلاَنُ فَيَقُولُونَ مَهْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ يَغْضَبُ مِنْ هَذَا الاِسْمِ فَأُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ { وَلاَ تَنَابَزُوا بِالأَلْقَابِ }  

ibnmajah:3741Abū Bakr > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > Dāwud > al-Shaʿbī > Abū Jabīrah b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk

"(Allah's saying) "Nor insult one another by nicknames(Surah Al Hujarat 49:11)" was revealed concerning us, the Ansar. When the Prophet ﷺ came to us, a man among us would have two or three names, and the Prophet ﷺ might call him by one of those names, only to be told: "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he does not like that name." Then:"Nor insult one another by nicknames." was revealed."  

ابن ماجة:٣٧٤١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَبِيرَةَ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ قَالَ

فِينَا نَزَلَتْ مَعْشَرَ الأَنْصَارِ {وَلاَ تَنَابَزُوا بِالأَلْقَابِ) قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَالرَّجُلُ مِنَّا لَهُ الاِسْمَانِ وَالثَّلاَثَةُ فَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رُبَّمَا دَعَاهُمْ بِبَعْضِ تِلْكَ الأَسْمَاءِ فَيُقَالُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ يَغْضَبُ مِنْ هَذَا فَنَزَلَتْ {وَلاَ تَنَابَزُوا بِالأَلْقَابِ}  

ahmad:23227Ḥafṣ b. Ghayyāth > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > al-Shaʿbī > Abū Jabīrah b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk al-Anṣārī

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ came to a gathering where each one of us had a nickname or two. When he called a person by their nickname, we would say, "O Messenger of Allah, this nickname bothers this person." He replied, "And you have descended {And do not insult one another by nicknames}" [Al-Hujurat: 11].  

أحمد:٢٣٢٢٧حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غَيَّاثٍ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَبِيرَةَ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ

عَنْ عُمُومَةٍ لَهُ قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا إِلَّا لَهُ لَقَبٌ أَوْ لَقَبَانِ قَالَ فَكَانَ إِذَا دَعَا رَجُلًا بِلَقَبِهِ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ هَذَا يَكْرَهُ هَذَا قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ {وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ} [الحجرات 11]  

hakim:7755Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > Musaddad > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > al-Shaʿbī > Abū Jabīrah b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk

[Machine] "In Bani Salamah, it was revealed: 'And do not insult one another with nicknames' (Quran, Al-Hujurat 11). It was said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and there was not a single person among us who did not have two or three names.' It was said, 'A man would be called and they would say, 'Muh, muh, muh,' indicating that he gets angry at this nickname.' So the verse was revealed: 'And do not insult one another with nicknames' (Quran, Al-Hujurat 11). 'The chain of narration is authentic and they did not exclude it' (Sahih)."  

الحاكم:٧٧٥٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى ثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ ثَنَا أَبُو جَبِيرَةَ بْنُ الضَّحَّاكِ قَالَ

فِينَا نَزَلَتْ فِي بَنِي سَلِمَةَ {وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ} [الحجرات 11] قَالَ «قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَيْسَ مِنَّا رَجُلٌ إِلَّا وَلَهُ اسْمَانِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٌ» قَالَ «فَكَانَ يُدْعَى الرَّجُلُ فَيَقُولُونَ مَهْ مَهْ مَهْ إِنَّهُ يَغْضَبُ مِنْ هَذَا» فَنَزَلَتْ {وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ} [الحجرات 11] «صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» صحيح  

tabarani:19262Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > ʿĀmir al-Shaʿbī

[Machine] Abu Jabirah ibn al-Dhahak said: "This verse was revealed among us, meaning the Banu Salamah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Medina, and not a single one of us had only one name. Each one of us had two or three names. So when a man was called by his name, we would say, 'O Messenger of Allah, he dislikes this.' So the verse {And do not insult one another by [offensive] nicknames} was revealed."  

الطبراني:١٩٢٦٢حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ ثنا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ

أَبُو جَبِيرَةَ بْنُ الضَّحَّاكِ فِينَا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ يَعْنِي بَنِي سَلَمَةَ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَمَا مِنَّا رَجُلٌ إِلَّا وَلَهُ اسْمَانِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٌ فَكَانَ إِذَا دَعَا الرَّجُلُ بِالِاسْمِ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ يَكْرَهُ هَذَا فَنَزَلَتْ {وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ} الْآيَةُ  

tabarani:19263ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > al-Shaʿbī > Abū Jabīrah b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk al-Anṣārī

[Machine] Among us, the Ansar, this verse was revealed: "And do not insult one another by offensive nicknames." The Prophet ﷺ came and a man had two names, and there were three others. So the Prophet ﷺ sometimes called them by some of those names, and it was said, "O Messenger of Allah, he gets angry when called by those names." So this verse was revealed: "And do not insult one another by offensive nicknames."  

الطبراني:١٩٢٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَبِيرَةَ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

فِينَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ} قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالرَّجُلُ لَهُ الِاسْمَانِ وَالثَّلَاثَةُ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رُبَّمَا دَعَاهُمْ بِبَعْضِ تِلْكَ الْأَسْمَاءِ فَيُقَالُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ يَغْضَبُ مِنْ هَذِهِ فَنَزَلَتْ {وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ}