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bayhaqi:19317 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Ḥārithī > Abū Usāmah > al-Walīd b. Kathīr > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > Zaynab b. Um Salamah

[Machine] My name was Barrah, so the Messenger of Allah renamed me Zainab. Then Zainab bint Jahsh entered upon him, and her name was Barrah, so he named her Zainab.  

البيهقي:١٩٣١٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ الْحَارِثِيُّ ثنا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ اسْمِي بَرَّةَ فَسَمَّانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ زَيْنَبَ وَدَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ جَحْشٍ وَاسْمُهَا بَرَّةُ فَسَمَّاهَا زَيْنَبَ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي كُرَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ

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muslim:2142a – [Chain 1] Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus [Chain 2] Abū Kurayb > Abū Usāmah > al-Walīd b. Kathīr > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > Zaynab b. Um Salamah

My name first was Barra. Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave me the name of Zainab. Then there entered (into the house of Allah's Prophet as a wife) Zainab, daughter of Jahsh, and her name was also Barra, and he gave her the name of Zainab.  

مسلم:٢١٤٢a – حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ حَدَّثَتْنِي زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ اسْمِي بَرَّةَ فَسَمَّانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَيْنَبَ قَالَتْ وَدَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ جَحْشٍ وَاسْمُهَا بَرَّةُ فَسَمَّاهَا زَيْنَبَ