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hakim:6794 – al-Shaykh Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Ghālib > ʿAmr b. Marzūq > Shuʿbah > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Maymūnah > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The name of Maymuna was Barra, so the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him named her Maymuna. Authentic.  

الحاكم:٦٧٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا الشَّيْخُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ غَالِبٍ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

«كَانَ اسْمُ مَيْمُونَةَ بَرَّةَ فَسَمَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَيْمُونَةَ» صحيح  

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hakim:6793 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Kurayb > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "The name of my aunt was Maymuna Bint Harith, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ named her Maymuna." Sahih, Al-Dhahabi said it is authentic.  

الحاكم:٦٧٩٣ – إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ اسْمُ خَالَتِي مَيْمُونَةَ بَرَّةُ فَسَمَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَيْمُونَةَ» صَحِيحٌ قال الذهبي صحيح  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ قَدْ يُوهِمُ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْكِمْ صِنَاعَةَ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّهُ مُضَادٌّ لِلْأَخْبَارِ الَّتِي ذَكَرْنَاهَا قَبْلُ

ibnhibban:5829 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū ʿUbaydah b. Abū al-Safar > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAbd al-Wārith > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Kurayb > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The name of Juyriyah bint al-Harith was Barrah, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called her Juyriyah.  

ابن حبّان:٥٨٢٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ أَبِي السَّفَرِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ كُرَيْبًا يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ اسْمُ جُوَيْرِيَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ بَرَّةَ فَسَمَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جُوَيْرِيَةَ»  

tabarani:21177 – al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū Kurayb > 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 ﷺ called her Zainab.  

الطبراني:٢١١٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ثنا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ اسْمِي بَرَّةَ فَسَمَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ زَيْنَبَ»