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[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked me, "What is your name?" I replied, "Hazn." He said, "No, you are Sahal" (meaning "easy" or "smooth"). He said, "I do not change a name that a person's father has given him." Ibn Musayyib said, "So, that sadness disappeared from me afterwards."

البيهقي:١٩٣١٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ السُّكَّرِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الرَّمَادِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنبأ مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا اسْمُكَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ حَزْنٌ قَالَ بَلْ أَنْتَ سَهْلٌ قَالَ لَا أُغَيِّرُ اسْمًا سَمَّانِيهِ أَبِي قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ فَفِينَا تِلْكَ الْحُزُونَةُ بَعْدُ

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ

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bukhari:6190 – Isḥāq b. Naṣr > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Ibn al-Musayyab from his father

That his father (Hazn bin Wahb) went to the Prophet ﷺ and the Prophet ﷺ asked (him), "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Hazn." The Prophet ﷺ said, "You are Sahl." Hazn said, "I will not change the name with which my father has named me." Ibn Al-Musaiyab added: We have had roughness (in character) ever since. Narrated Al-Musaiyab: on the authority of his father similarly as above (i.e., 209).

البخاري:٦١٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ أَبَاهُ جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا اسْمُكَ قَالَ حَزْنٌ قَالَ أَنْتَ سَهْلٌ قَالَ لاَ أُغَيِّرُ اسْمًا سَمَّانِيهِ أَبِي قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ فَمَا زَالَتِ الْحُزُونَةُ فِينَا بَعْدُ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَمَحْمُودٌ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ بِهَذَا

ahmad:23673 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Ibn al-Musayyib from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said to his great-grandfather Sa'id, "What is your name?" He replied, "Hazn (Sadness)." The Prophet ﷺ said, "No, you are Sa'il (Easy/Facile)." He said, "I do not change a name that my father has given me." Ibn Al-Musayyib said, "So, there remained a sadness among us thereafter."

أحمد:٢٣٦٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِجَدِّهِ جَدِّ سَعِيدٍ مَا اسْمُكَ؟ قَالَ حَزْنٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَلْ أَنْتَ سَهْلٌ فَقَالَ لَا أُغَيِّرُ اسْمًا سَمَّانِيهِ أَبِي قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ فَمَا زَالَتْ فِينَا حُزُونَةٌ بَعْدُ

suyuti:260-1b – Saʿīd b. al-Msyyab from his father from his grandfather > al-Nabi ﷺ > Lah Mā Āsmuk > Āsmiá Ḥazn > Bal Anat Sahl > Lā Ughayyir Āsm Sammānīh Abiá
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السيوطي:٢٦٠-١b –

" عَنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ المسيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ: ما اسْمُكَ؟ قَالَ: اسْمِى حَزْنٌ، قَالَ: بَلْ أَنَتْ سَهْلٌ، قَالَ: لَا أُغَيِّرُ اسمًا سَمَّانِيهِ أَبِى، قَالَ ابْنُ المسيَّبِ: فَمَا زَالَتْ فِينَا حُزُونَةٌ بَعْدُ".

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