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bukhari:6187Musaddad > Khālid > Ḥuṣayn > Sālim > Jābir

A man among us begot a boy whom he named Al-Qasim. The people said, "We will not call him (i.e., the father) by that Kuniya (Abu-l-Qasim) till we ask the Prophet ﷺ about it. The Prophet ﷺ said. "Name yourselves by my name, but do not call (yourselves) by my Kuniya."

البخاري:٦١٨٧حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ حَدَّثَنَا حُصَيْنٌ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ ؓ قَالَ

وُلِدَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَّا غُلاَمٌ فَسَمَّاهُ الْقَاسِمَ فَقَالُوا لاَ نَكْنِيهِ حَتَّى نَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي

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adab:836

Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Name yourselves with my name, but do not use my kunya; I am Abu'l-Qasim."

الأدب المفرد:٨٣٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ يَسَارٍ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ تَسَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تُكَنُّوا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنِّي أَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ

adab:837

Anas ibn Malik said, "The Prophet ﷺ was in the market when a man said, 'Abu'l-Qasim!' The Prophet ﷺ turned towards him. He said, 'Messenger of Allah, I was calling this man.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Call yourselves with my name but do no use my kunya.'"

الأدب المفرد:٨٣٧حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ

عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي السُّوقِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّمَا دَعَوْتُ هَذَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تُكَنُّوا بِكُنْيَتِي

adab:845

See hadith 837.

الأدب المفرد:٨٤٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ

عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي السُّوقِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ فَالْتَفَتَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ دَعَوْتُ هَذَا فَقَالَ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تُكَنُّوا بِكُنْيَتِي

bukhari:2120Ādam b. Abū Iyās > Shuʿbah > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

While the Prophet ﷺ was in the market, somebody, called, "O Abul-Qasim." The Prophet ﷺ turned to him. The man said, "I have called to this (i.e. another man)." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Name yourselves by my name but not by my Kunya (name)." (In Arabic world it is the custom to call the man as the father of his eldest son, e.g. Abul-Qasim.) (See Hadith No. 737, Vol. 4)

البخاري:٢١٢٠حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي السُّوقِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا دَعَوْتُ هَذَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي

bukhari:2121Mālik b. Ismāʿīl > Zuhayr > Ḥumayd > Anas

A man at Al-Baqi' called, "O Abul-Qasim!" The Prophet ﷺ turned to him and the man said (to the Prophet ), "I did not intend to call you." The prophet said, "Name yourselves by my name but not by my Kunya (name).

البخاري:٢١٢١حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ

عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ دَعَا رَجُلٌ بِالْبَقِيعِ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَمْ أَعْنِكَ قَالَ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي

bukhari:3537Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Ḥumayd > Anas

While the Prophet ﷺ was in the market, a man called (somebody), "O Abu-l-Qasim!' The Prophet ﷺ turned to him and said "Name yourselves after me but do not call yourselves by my Kuniya."

البخاري:٣٥٣٧حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي السُّوقِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ فَالْتَفَتَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي

bukhari:3539ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > Ayyūb > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

Abu-l-Qasim said, "Name yourselves after me, but do not call yourselves by my Kuniya."

البخاري:٣٥٣٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَ

أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي

bukhari:6188ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > Ayyūb > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

Abu-l-Qasim (The Prophet) said, "Name yourselves by my name, but do not call yourselves by my Kuniya."

البخاري:٦١٨٨حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي

muslim:2131Abū Kurayb Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ And Ibn Abū ʿUmar > Abū Kurayb > Ibn Abū ʿUmar > Marwān / ān al-Fazārī > Ḥumayd > Anas

Messenger of Allah, I did not mean you, but I called such and such (person), whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: You may call yourself by my name, but not by my kunya.

مسلم:٢١٣١حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ قَالَ أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ يَعْنِيَانِ الْفَزَارِيَّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

نَادَى رَجُلٌ رَجُلاً بِالْبَقِيعِ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَمْ أَعْنِكَ إِنَّمَا دَعَوْتُ فُلاَنًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي

muslim:2133bHannād b. al-Sarī > ʿAbthar > Ḥuṣayn > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

We will not allow you to give the name after the name of Messenger of Allah ﷺ until you ask him (the Holy Prophet). So he (that person) came and said (to the Holy Prophet): A child was born in my house and I wanted to give him the name (of Muhammad) after the name of Messenger of Allah, whereas my people did not allow me that I should name him after that (sacred) name until I have asked Allah's Apostle ﷺ in this connection, whereupon he said: Give him the name after my name, but do not call him by my kunya, for I have been sent as a Qasim as I distribute amongst you.

مسلم:٢١٣٣بحَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْثَرٌ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

وُلِدَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَّا غُلاَمٌ فَسَمَّاهُ مُحَمَّدًا فَقُلْنَا لاَ نَكْنِيكَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى تَسْتَأْمِرَهُ قَالَ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ وُلِدَ لِي غُلاَمٌ فَسَمَّيْتُهُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَإِنَّ قَوْمِي أَبَوْا أَنْ يَكْنُونِي بِهِ حَتَّى تَسْتَأْذِنَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ قَاسِمًا أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ

ibnmajah:3735Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ayyūb > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

"Abul Qasim ﷺ said: 'Call yourselves by my name but do not call yourselves by my Kunyah."

ابن ماجة:٣٧٣٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَ

أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي

ibnmajah:3737Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in Baqi', and a man called out to another man: 'O Abul-Qasim!' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to him, and he said: 'I didn't mean you.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Call yourselves by my name but do not call yourselves by my Kunyah.'"

ابن ماجة:٣٧٣٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْبَقِيعِ فَنَادَى رَجُلٌ رَجُلاً يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَمْ أَعْنِكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي

ahmad:12130Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ḥumayd > Anas

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in Baqi', and a man called out to another man: 'O Abul-Qasim!' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to him, and he said: 'I didn't mean you.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Call yourselves by my name but do not call yourselves by my Kunyah.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3737)

أحمد:١٢١٣٠حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ بِالْبَقِيعِ فَنَادَى رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَمْ أَعْنِكَ قَالَ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي

ahmad:12731Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Ḥumayd > Anas b. Mālik

[AI] "A man called another man in the market and said, 'O Abu Al-Qasim.' The Prophet (PBUH) turned around and the man said, 'I was only calling another man.' The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, 'Use my name and do not use my title.'"

أحمد:١٢٧٣١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

إِنَّ رَجُلًا دَعَا رَجُلًا فِي السُّوقِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ فَالْتَفَتَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ إِنَّمَا دَعَوْتُ رَجُلًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي

ahmad:12961Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh > Ḥumayd > Anas

Messenger of Allah, I did not mean you, but I called such and such (person), whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: You may call yourself by my name, but not by my kunya. (Using translation from Muslim 2131)

أحمد:١٢٩٦١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

نَادَى رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَمْ أَعْنِكَ إِنَّمَا دَعَوْتُ فُلَانًا قَالَ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي

ahmad:14249Hushaym > Ḥuṣayn > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[AI] A boy was born to one of us, and his father named him Al-Qasim. We said, "We won't offer congratulations until we ask the Prophet ﷺ ." So, we mentioned it to him, and he said, "Name him after me, but do not call him by my nickname, for I have been sent as a distributer (Qasim) among you."

أحمد:١٤٢٤٩حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

وُلِدَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَّا غُلَامٌ فَسَمَّاهُ الْقَاسِمَ فَقُلْنَا لَا نُكَنِّيكَ بِهِ حَتَّى نَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْنَا لَهُ فَقَالَ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ قَاسِمًا بَيْنَكُمْ

ahmad:14963Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Ḥuṣayn > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Wulid Lirajul from al-Anṣār Ghulām Faʾarād

[AI] A boy was born to a man from the Ansar. He wanted to name him Muhammad, so he took him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and they asked him. He said, "Name him with my name, but do not use my nickname. Indeed, I have been sent as a distributor. I will distribute amongst you."

أحمد:١٤٩٦٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

وُلِدَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ غُلَامٌ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُسَمِّيَهُ مُحَمَّدًا فَانْطَلَقَ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلُوهُ فَقَالَ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنِّي بُعِثْتُ قَاسِمًا أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ

bayhaqi:19323Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Abū al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Khālid > Ibn ʿAbdullāh > Ḥuṣayn > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh ؓ

[AI] A boy was born to one of us and he named him after the Prophet ﷺ. They said, "Let us not nickname him until we ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said, "Name him after me and do not use my title."

البيهقي:١٩٣٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أنبأ أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا خَالِدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ثنا حُصَيْنٌ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ قَالَ

وُلِدَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَّا غُلَامٌ فَسَمَّاهُ بِاسْمِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا لَا نُكَنِّيهِ حَتَّى نَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَقَالَ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُسَدَّدٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ الْهَيْثَمِ عَنْ خَالِدٍ وَبِهَذَا الْمَعْنَى رَوَاهُ عَبْثَرٌ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ

bayhaqi:19326Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Maḥmawayh al-ʿAskarī > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad > Ādam > Shuʿbah > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

While the Prophet ﷺ was in the market, somebody, called, "O Abul-Qasim." The Prophet ﷺ turned to him. The man said, "I have called to this (i.e. another man)." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Name yourselves by my name but not by my Kunya (name)." (In Arabic world it is the custom to call the man as the father of his eldest son, e.g. Abul-Qasim.) (See Hadith No. 737, Vol. 4) (Using translation from Bukhārī 2120)

البيهقي:١٩٣٢٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ مَحْمَوَيْهِ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا آدَمُ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي السُّوقِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّمَا دَعَوْتُ هَذَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ آدَمَ