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hakim:6436 – Aḥmad b. Kāmil al-Qāḍī

[Machine] His name was "Huzn" but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ named him "Sahl."  

الحاكم:٦٤٣٦ – أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ كَامِلٍ الْقَاضِي ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الْعَوْفِيُّ ثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمُهَيْمِنِ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ ثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ «كَانَ اسْمُهُ حُزْنًا فَسَمَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَهْلًا»  

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tabarani:5705 – al-Ḥusayn > ʿAlī b. Baḥr > ʿAbd al-Muhaymin b. ʿAbbās b. Sahl from my father > Jaddī Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] His name was Huzn, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ named him Sahl.  

الطبراني:٥٧٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ بَحْرٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْمُهَيْمِنِ بْنُ عَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ اسْمَهُ حَزْنٌ فَسَمَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَهْلٌ»