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قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ} [الحجرات: 11]

nasai-kubra:11452Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Bishr > Dāwud > ʿĀmir

[Machine] Abu Jabirah ibn al-Dhahak said: "The verse was revealed among us when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Madinah. There was not a single one of us except that he had two or three names. So when a man was called by his name, we would say, 'O Messenger of Allah, he gets angry from this.' So the verse {And do not insult one another by nicknames} [Al-Hujurat 11] was revealed in its entirety."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٤٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

أَبُو جَبِيرَةَ بْنُ الضَّحَّاكِ فِينَا نَزَلَتِ الْآيَةُ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَمَا مِنَّا رَجُلٌ إِلَّا لَهُ اسْمَانِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٌ كَانَ إِذَا دَعَا الرَّجُلَ بِالِاسْمِ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ يَغْضَبُ مِنْ هَذَا فَأُنْزِلَتْ {وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ} [الحجرات 11] الْآيَةُ كُلُّهَا  


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tabarani:19262Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > ʿĀmir al-Shaʿbī

[Machine] Abu Jabirah ibn al-Dhahak said: "This verse was revealed among us, meaning the Banu Salamah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Medina, and not a single one of us had only one name. Each one of us had two or three names. So when a man was called by his name, we would say, 'O Messenger of Allah, he dislikes this.' So the verse {And do not insult one another by [offensive] nicknames} was revealed."  

الطبراني:١٩٢٦٢حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ ثنا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ

أَبُو جَبِيرَةَ بْنُ الضَّحَّاكِ فِينَا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ يَعْنِي بَنِي سَلَمَةَ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَمَا مِنَّا رَجُلٌ إِلَّا وَلَهُ اسْمَانِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٌ فَكَانَ إِذَا دَعَا الرَّجُلُ بِالِاسْمِ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ يَكْرَهُ هَذَا فَنَزَلَتْ {وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ} الْآيَةُ