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ibnmajah:3734 – Abū Bakr > Yaḥyá b. Yaʿlá Abū al-Muḥayyāh > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr Ḥaddathaná from my cousin ʿAbdullāh b. Salām > ʿAbdullāh b. Salām

"I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and my name was not Abdullah bin Salam. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ named me Abdullah bin Salam."  

ابن ماجة:٣٧٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَعْلَى أَبُو الْمُحَيَّاةِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَى ابْنُ أَخِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلاَمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلاَمٍ قَالَ

قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَيْسَ اسْمِي عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سَلاَمٍ فَسَمَّانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سَلاَمٍ  

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ahmad:23782 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > Yaḥyá b. Yaʿlá Abū Muḥayyāh al-Taymī > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr from my cousin ʿAbdullāh b. Salām > ʿAbdullāh b. Salām

"I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and my name was not Abdullah bin Salam. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ named me Abdullah bin Salam." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3734)  

أحمد:٢٣٧٨٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَعْلَى أَبُو مُحَيَّاةَ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَخِي عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ قَالَ

قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَيْسَ اسْمِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ فَسَمَّانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ