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ahmad:9914Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Maymūnah > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

Zainab's original name was "Barrah," but it was said' "By that she is giving herself the prestige of piety." So the Prophet ﷺ changed her name to Zainab. (Using translation from Bukhārī 6192)  

أحمد:٩٩١٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا رَافِعٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ زَيْنَبَ كَانَ اسْمُهَا بَرَّةَ فَقِيلَ تُزَكِّي نَفْسَهَا فَسَمَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ زَيْنَبَ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān
bukhari:6192Ṣadaqah b. al-Faḍl > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Maymūnah > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

Zainab's original name was "Barrah," but it was said' "By that she is giving herself the prestige of piety." So the Prophet ﷺ changed her name to Zainab.  

البخاري:٦١٩٢حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ زَيْنَبَ كَانَ اسْمُهَا بَرَّةَ فَقِيلَ تُزَكِّي نَفْسَهَا فَسَمَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَيْنَبَ  

ibnmajah:3732Abū Bakr > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Maymūnah > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

"Zainab used to be called "Barrah" (good), and it was said that she was praising herself. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ changed her name to Zainab."  

ابن ماجة:٣٧٣٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا رَافِعٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ زَيْنَبَ كَانَ اسْمُهَا بَرَّةَ فَقِيلَ لَهَا تُزَكِّي نَفْسَهَا فَسَمَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَيْنَبَ  

ahmad:9560Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Maymūnah > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The name of Zainab was Barrah, so the Prophet ﷺ named her Zainab.  

أحمد:٩٥٦٠حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءُ بْنُ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ اسْمُ زَيْنَبَ بَرَّةَ فَسَمَّاهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ زَيْنَبَ  

darimi:2740Musaddad > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Maymūnah > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "The name of Zainab was Barrah, but the Prophet ﷺ renamed her Zainab."  

الدارمي:٢٧٤٠حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

«كَانَ اسْمُ زَيْنَبَ بَرَّةَ فَسَمَّاهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ زَيْنَبَ»  

ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا كَانَ يُغَيِّرُ ﷺ هَذَا الْجِنْسَ مِنَ الْأَسْمَاءِ

ibnhibban:5830ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Shuʿbah > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Maymūnah > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

"Zainab used to be called "Barrah" (good), and it was said that she was praising herself. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ changed her name to Zainab." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3732)   

ابن حبّان:٥٨٣٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا رَافِعٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

«كَانَ اسْمُ زَيْنَبَ بَرَّةَ فَقَالُوا تُزَكِّي نَفْسَهَا فَسَمَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَيْنَبَ»