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ahmad:1906Sufyān > Layth > a man > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] He said to her, "You were named Umm al-Mu'minin (Mother of the Believers) to bring happiness, and indeed it was your name before you were born."  

أحمد:١٩٠٦حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَهَا إِنَّمَا سُمِّيتِ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِتَسْعَدِي وَإِنَّهُ لاسْمُكِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُولَدِي