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السيوطي:٢٤٩٣٩a

"لَا تُسَمِّهِ عَزِيزًا، وَلَكِن سَمِّه عبدَ الرَّحْمنِ؛ فَإِنَّ أحَبَّ الأَسْماءِ الله: عبدُ الله، وعبدُ الرحمنِ، والحارثُ".  

[حم] أحمد [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن عبد الرحمن بن سبرة الجعفي

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ahmad:17606Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Abū Wakīʿ > Abū Isḥāq > Khaythamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Sabrah

[Machine] His father, Abdulrahman, went with his grandfather to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, "What is your son's name?" He replied, "Aziz." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not name him Aziz, but name him Abdulrahman." Then he said, "Indeed, the best names are Abdullah, Abdulrahman, and Al-Harith."  

أحمد:١٧٦٠٦حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو وَكِيعٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي سَبْرَةَ

أَنَّ أَبَاهُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ ذَهَبَ مَعَ جَدِّهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا اسْمُ ابْنِكَ؟ قَالَ عَزِيزٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا تُسَمِّهِ عَزِيزًا وَلَكِنْ سَمِّهِ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ خَيْرَ الْأَسْمَاءِ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَالْحَارِثُ  

suyuti:600a

Your names which are dearest to Allah are ‘Abd Allah and ‘Abd al-Rahman. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4949)   

السيوطي:٦٠٠a

"أَحَبُّ الأَسْمَاءِ إِلَى اللهِ: عبدُ اللهِ وعَبْدُ الرَّحمنِ والحارث.  

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