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muslim:2133bHannād b. al-Sarī > ʿAbthar > Ḥuṣayn > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

We will not allow you to give the name after the name of Messenger of Allah ﷺ until you ask him (the Holy Prophet). So he (that person) came and said (to the Holy Prophet): A child was born in my house and I wanted to give him the name (of Muhammad) after the name of Messenger of Allah, whereas my people did not allow me that I should name him after that (sacred) name until I have asked Allah's Apostle ﷺ in this connection, whereupon he said: Give him the name after my name, but do not call him by my kunya, for I have been sent as a Qasim as I distribute amongst you.  

مسلم:٢١٣٣bحَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْثَرٌ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

وُلِدَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَّا غُلاَمٌ فَسَمَّاهُ مُحَمَّدًا فَقُلْنَا لاَ نَكْنِيكَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى تَسْتَأْمِرَهُ قَالَ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ وُلِدَ لِي غُلاَمٌ فَسَمَّيْتُهُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَإِنَّ قَوْمِي أَبَوْا أَنْ يَكْنُونِي بِهِ حَتَّى تَسْتَأْذِنَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ قَاسِمًا أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad
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."  

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  

muslim:2133aʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah And ʾIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿUthmān > Isḥāq > Jarīr > Manṣūr > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Wulid Lirajul Minnā Ghulām Fasammāh Muḥammad

We will not allow You to give the name of Muhammad (to your child) after the name of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He set forth with his son carrying him on his back and came to Allah's Apostle ﷺ, and said: Messenger of Allah a son has been born to me and I have given him the name after the name of Messenger of Allah ﷺ, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Give him my name but do not give him my kunya, for I am Qasim in the sense that I distribute (the spoils of war) and the dues of Zakat amongst you.  

مسلم:٢١٣٣aحَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ حَدَّثَنَا وَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

وُلِدَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَّا غُلاَمٌ فَسَمَّاهُ مُحَمَّدًا فَقَالَ لَهُ قَوْمُهُ لاَ نَدَعُكَ تُسَمِّي بِاسْمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَانْطَلَقَ بِابْنِهِ حَامِلَهُ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ فَأَتَى بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وُلِدَ لِي غُلاَمٌ فَسَمَّيْتُهُ مُحَمَّدًا فَقَالَ لِي قَوْمِي لاَ نَدَعُكَ تُسَمِّي بِاسْمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا قَاسِمٌ أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ  

ahmad:14963Muḥammad 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:١٤٩٦٣حَدَّثَنَا 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:15130Ziyād b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṭufayl > ʿAbdullāh Wsamiʿt Abū Marrah > Ziyād b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṭufayl al-Bakkāʾī al-ʿĀmirī > Manṣūr > Sālim > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] A boy was born to one of us, and his father named him Muhammad. We said, "We will not allow you to name him Muhammad, the name of the Prophet ﷺ." So, the man brought his son to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, indeed, a boy was born to me and I named him after you. But my people refuse to call me by my name." He said, "Yes, they should call him by my name and not use my kunya (honorific nickname) because I am the one who distributes among you."  

أحمد:١٥١٣٠حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الطُّفَيْلِ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وسَمِعْتُ أَبِي مَرَّةً يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الطُّفَيْلِ الْبَكَّائِيُّ الْعَامِرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

وُلِدَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَّا غُلَامٌ فَسَمَّاهُ مُحَمَّدًا فَقُلْنَا لَا نَدَعُكَ تُسَمِّيهِ مُحَمَّدًا بِاسْمِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَتَى الرَّجُلُ بِابْنِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ وُلِدَ لِي غُلَامٌ وَإِنِّي سَمَّيْتُهُ بِاسْمِكَ فَأَبَى قَوْمِي أَنْ يَدْعُونِي قَالَ بَلَى سَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنِّي قَاسِمٌ أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ  

ahmad:14249Hushaym > Ḥuṣayn > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] A boy was born to one of us, and his father named him Al-Qasim. We said, "We won't offer congratulations until we ask the Prophet ﷺ ." So, we mentioned it to him, and he said, "Name him after me, but do not call him by my nickname, for I have been sent as a distributer (Qasim) among you."  

أحمد:١٤٢٤٩حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

وُلِدَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَّا غُلَامٌ فَسَمَّاهُ الْقَاسِمَ فَقُلْنَا لَا نُكَنِّيكَ بِهِ حَتَّى نَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْنَا لَهُ فَقَالَ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ قَاسِمًا بَيْنَكُمْ