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ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ قَدْ يُوهِمُ غَيْرَ الْمُتَبَحِّرِ فِي صِنَاعَةِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّهُ مُضَادٌّ فِي الْقَصْدِ لِمَا ذَكَرْنَا مِنَ الْأَخْبَارِ قَبْلُ

ibnhibban:5828Abū Khalīfah > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > Khaythamah

[Machine] "The name of my father was Aziz, so the Prophet ﷺ named him Abdurrahman."  

ابن حبّان:٥٨٢٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ

«كَانَ اسْمُ أَبِي عَزِيزًا فَسَمَّاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ»  


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ahmad:17604Wakīʿ > Yūnus b. Abū Isḥāq > Khaythamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father

[Machine] In the pre-Islamic era, my father's name was Aziz. However, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ named him Abdur-Rahman.  

أحمد:١٧٦٠٤حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ اسْمُ أَبِي فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ عَزِيزًا فَسَمَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ