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hakim:7735 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Maḥbūbī > Saʿīd b. Masʿūd > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Shuʿbah > Qatādah And Manṣūr Wasulaymān Waḥuṣayn b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Wulid Lilʾanṣār Walad Faʾarādūā > Yusammūh

[Machine] "To name him Muhammad and they came with him the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and he said, "The Ansar have done well to name themselves after me and not use my nickname, for I was sent as a distributor [of inheritance] among you."  

الحاكم:٧٧٣٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْمَحْبُوبِيُّ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ ثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ وَمَنْصُورٍ وَسُلَيْمَانَ وَحُصَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا سَالِمَ بْنَ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ وُلِدَ لِلْأَنْصَارِ وَلَدٌ فَأَرَادُوا

أَنْ يُسَمُّوهُ مُحَمَّدًا فَأَتَوْا بِهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَحْسَنَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ قَاسِمًا أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَقَدِ اتَّفَقَا فِيهِ عَلَى حَدِيثِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ بِغَيْرِهَذِهِ السِّيَاقَةِ وَقَدْ جَمَعَ بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ وَأَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ بَيْنَ الْأَرْبَعَةِ كَمَا جَمَعَ بَيْنَهُمُ النَّضْرُ بْنُ الشُّمَيْلِ

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bukhari:6196 – Ādam > Shuʿbah > Ḥuṣayn b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Name yourselves after me (by my name) but do not call (yourselves) by my Kuniya (1), for I am Al-Qasim (distributor), and I distribute among you Allah's blessings." This narration has also come on the authority of Anas that the ! Prophet said so."  

البخاري:٦١٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا قَاسِمٌ أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَرَوَاهُ أَنَسٌ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

muslim:2133f – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Sālim > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > a man from al-Anṣār Wulid Lah Ghulām Faʾarād

The Ansar have done well to give the name (to your children) after my name, but do not give them the kunya after my kunya.  

مسلم:٢١٣٣f – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ وُلِدَ لَهُ غُلاَمٌ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُسَمِّيَهُ مُحَمَّدًا فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ أَحْسَنَتِ الأَنْصَارُ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي  

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

[Machine] 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:١٤٩٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

ahmad:14227 – Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Give the name after my name, but do not give (the kunya of Abu'l-Qasim after my) kunya, for I am Abu'l-Qasim (in the sense) that I distribute amongst you (the spoils of war) and disseminate the knowledge (of revelation). This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr but with a slight variation of wording. (Using translation from Muslim 2133d)   

أحمد:١٤٢٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنِّي أَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ  

ahmad:14363 – Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Sālim > Jābir

Give the name after my name, but do not give (the kunya of Abu'l-Qasim after my) kunya, for I am Abu'l-Qasim (in the sense) that I distribute amongst you (the spoils of war) and disseminate the knowledge (of revelation). This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr but with a slight variation of wording. (Using translation from Muslim 2133d)   

أحمد:١٤٣٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنِّي جُعِلْتُ قَاسِمًا أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ  

suyuti:692a –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٦٩٢a –

"أحسنتِ الأنصارُ، تسمَّوْا باسمى؛ ولا تكنوْا بكُنْيَتى، فإنما بُعِثْت قاسمًا أقسم بينكُمْ".  

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