38. The Book of Manners and Etiquette

٣٨۔ كتاب الآداب

38.1 The Prohibition Of Taking The Kunyah Abul-Qasim, And The Names Which Are Recommended

٣٨۔١ باب النَّهْىِ عَنِ التَّكَنِّي، بِأَبِي الْقَاسِمِ وَبَيَانِ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ مِنَ الأَسْمَاءِ .

(1380) bukhari:2121Mālik b. Ismāʿīl > Zuhayr > Ḥumayd > Anas

A man at Al-Baqi' called, "O Abul-Qasim!" The Prophet ﷺ turned to him and the man said (to the Prophet ), "I did not intend to call you." The prophet said, "Name yourselves by my name but not by my Kunya (name).  

(١٣٨٠) البخاري:٢١٢١حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ

عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ دَعَا رَجُلٌ بِالْبَقِيعِ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَمْ أَعْنِكَ قَالَ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي  

(1381) bukhari:3115Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī > Wulid Lirajul Minnā Ghulām Fasammāh al-Qāsim

A man amongst us begot a boy whom he named Al-Qasim. On that the Ansar said, (to the man), "We will never call you Abu-al-Qasim and will never please you with this blessed title." So, he went to the Prophet and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I have begotten a boy whom I named Al-Qasim and the Ansar said, 'We will never call you Abu-al-Qasim, nor will we please you with this title.' " The Prophet ﷺ said, "The Ansar have done well. Name by my name, but do not name by my Kunya, for I am Qasim."  

(١٣٨١) البخاري:٣١١٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

وُلِدَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَّا غُلاَمٌ فَسَمَّاهُ الْقَاسِمَ فَقَالَتِ الأَنْصَارُ لاَ نَكْنِيكَ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ وَلاَ نُنْعِمُكَ عَيْنًا فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وُلِدَ لِي غُلاَمٌ فَسَمَّيْتُهُ الْقَاسِمَ فَقَالَتِ الأَنْصَارُ لاَ نَكْنِيكَ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ وَلاَ نُنْعِمُكَ عَيْنًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَحْسَنَتِ الأَنْصَارُ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا قَاسِمٌ  

(1382) bukhari:6186Ṣadaqah b. al-Faḍl > Ibn ʿUyaynah > Ibn al-Munkadir > Jābir

A boy was born for a man among us, and the man named him Al-Qasim. We said to him, "We will not call you Abu-l-Qasim, nor will we respect you for that." The Prophet ﷺ was informed about that, and he said, "Name your son ʿAbdur-Rahman."  

(١٣٨٢) البخاري:٦١٨٦حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ ؓ قَالَ

وُلِدَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَّا غُلاَمٌ فَسَمَّاهُ الْقَاسِمَ فَقُلْنَا لاَ نَكْنِيكَ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ وَلاَ كَرَامَةَ فَأَخْبَرَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ سَمِّ ابْنَكَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ  

(1383) bukhari:3539ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > Ayyūb > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

Abu-l-Qasim said, "Name yourselves after me, but do not call yourselves by my Kuniya."  

(١٣٨٣) البخاري:٣٥٣٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَ

أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي