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hakim:7734 – Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Salmān al-Faqīh> Hilāl b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Raqqī from my father > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl from his father > ʿAlī

[Machine] "He named his eldest son after his uncle, Hamza, and he named Hussain after his uncle, Jafar. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called Ali and said, 'I have been commanded to change the names of these two.' Allah and His Messenger know best, so he named them Hasan and Hussain."  

الحاكم:٧٧٣٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثَنَا هِلَالُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ الرَّقِّيُّ ثَنَا أَبِي ثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

أَنَّهُ سَمَّى ابْنَهُ الْأَكْبَرَ بِاسْمِ عَمِّهِ حَمْزَةَ وَسَمَّى حُسَيْنًا بِعَمِّهِ جَعْفَرٍ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلِيًّا فَقَالَ «إِنِّي قَدْ أَمَرْتُ أَنْ أُغَيِّرَ اسْمَ هَذَيْنِ» فَقَالَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ فَسَمَّاهُمَا حَسَنًا وَحُسَيْنًا  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ»

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ahmad:1370 – Zakariyyā b. ʿAdī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl > Muḥammad b. ʿAliyy > ʿAlī

When al-Hasan was born, I named him Hamzah. When al-Husain was born, I named him after his paternal uncle Jaʿfar. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called me and said: ʿI have been commanded to change the names of these two.ʿ I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. And he named them Hasan and Husain. ؓ   

أحمد:١٣٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عَدِيٍّ أَنْبَأَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّعَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

لَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحَسَنُ سَمَّاهُ حَمْزَةَ فَلَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحُسَيْنُ سَمَّاهُ بِعَمِّهِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ فَدَعَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُغَيِّرَ اسْمَ هَذَيْنِ فَقُلْتُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ فَسَمَّاهُمَا حَسَنًا وَحُسَيْنًا  

tabarani:2780 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAbdullāh b. Zurārah al-Raqqī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAqīl > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī > ʿAlī

[Machine] That he named his eldest son Hamza and named Husayn Jafar after his uncle, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ named them Hasan and Husayn.  

الطبراني:٢٧٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ

أَنَّهُ «سَمَّى ابْنَهُ الْأَكْبَرَ حَمْزَةَ وَسَمَّى حُسَيْنًا جَعْفَرًا بِاسْمِ عَمِّهِ فَسَمَّاهُمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَسَنًا وَحُسَيْنًا»  

suyuti:4-530b – Mḥmd b. al-Ḥnfyh > ʿLi
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السيوطي:٤-٥٣٠b –

"عن محمد بن الحنفية عن علِىٍّ أنَّهُ سَمَّى ابْنَهُ الأكبَرَ حَمْزَةَ، وَسَمَّى حُسَيْنًا بعَمِّه جَعْفَرٍ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ الله ﷺ عَلِيّا فَلَمَّا أَتَى قَالَ: إِنِّى قَدْ غَيَّرْتُ اسْمَ ابْنَيَّ هَذَيْنِ، قُلتُ: الله وَرَسُوُلهُ أَعْلَمُ، فَسَمَّاهُمَا حَسنًا وَحُسَيْنًا".  

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