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ahmad:25747Wakīʿ > Muḥammad b. ʿImrān al-Ḥajabī Samiʿah from Ṣafiyyah b. Shaybah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "My name is not permissible to be used as a nickname, and my nickname is not forbidden to be used as my name."  

أحمد:٢٥٧٤٧حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ الْحَجَبِيُّ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ شَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا أَحَلَّ اسْمِي وَحَرَّمَ كُنْيَتِي أَوْ مَا حَرَّمَ كُنْيَتِي وَأَحَلَّ اسْمِي  


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ahmad:25040Wakīʿ > Muḥammad b. ʿImrān al-Ḥajabī > Ṣafiyyah b. Shaybah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: "What has made my name permissible and my nickname forbidden? And what has made my nickname forbidden and my name permissible?"  

أحمد:٢٥٠٤٠حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ الْحَجَبِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتَ شَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا أَحَلَّ اسْمِي وَحَرَّمَ كُنْيَتِي؟ وَمَا حَرَّمَ كُنْيَتِي وَأَحَلَّ اسْمِي؟