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suyuti:666-3b – Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > Zaynab b. Abū Salamah Saʾalath Mā Sammayt Āb.atak > Sammaytuhā Barrah
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السيوطي:٦٦٦-٣b –

"عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاء: أَنَّ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ سَأَلَتْهُ: مَا سَمَّيْتَ ابْنَتَكَ؟ قَالَ: سَمَّيْتُهَا بَرَّةَ، فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ نَهَى عَنْ هَذَا الإسْمِ سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ بَرَّةَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ "لَا تُزَكُّوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ" اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِأَهْلِ البِرِّ مِنْكُمْ، فَقَالُوا مَا نُسَمِّيهَا؟ قَالَ: سَمِّهَا زَيْنَبَ".  

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muslim:2142b – ʿAmr al-Nāqid > Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > al-Layth > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > Sammayt Āb.atī Barrah

I had given the name Barra to my daughter. Zainab, daughter of Abu Salama, told me that Allah's' Messenger ﷺ had forbidden me to give this name. (She said): I was also called Barra, but Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Don't hold yourself to be pious. It is God alone who knows the people of piety among you. They (the Companions) said: Then, what name should we give to her? He said: Name her as Zainab.  

مسلم:٢١٤٢b – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ سَمَّيْتُ ابْنَتِي بَرَّةَ فَقَالَتْ

لِي زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ هَذَا الاِسْمِ وَسُمِّيتُ بَرَّةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ تُزَكُّوا أَنْفُسَكُمُ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِأَهْلِ الْبِرِّ مِنْكُمْ فَقَالُوا بِمَ نُسَمِّيهَا قَالَ سَمُّوهَا زَيْنَبَ  

abudawud:4953 – ʿĪsá b. Ḥammād > al-Layth > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > Zaynab b. Abū Salamah Saʾalath Mā Sammayt Āb.atak > Sammaytuhā Barrah

Zainab daughter of Abu Salamah asked him: Which name did you give to your daughter? He replied : Barrah. She said: The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) forbade giving this name. I was called Barrah but the Prophet (May peace be upon him) said: Do not declare yourselves pure, for Allah knows best those of you who are obedient. He said: we asked; which name should we give her? He replied: Call her Zainab.  

أبو داود:٤٩٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ

أَنَّ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ سَأَلَتْهُ مَا سَمَّيْتَ ابْنَتَكَ قَالَ سَمَّيْتُهَا بَرَّةَ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ هَذَا الاِسْمِ سُمِّيتُ بَرَّةَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ تُزَكُّوا أَنْفُسَكُمُ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِأَهْلِ الْبِرِّ مِنْكُمْ فَقَالَ مَا نُسَمِّيهَا قَالَ سَمُّوهَا زَيْنَبَ  

tabarani:21175 – Muṭṭalib b. Shuʿayb al-Azdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > Zaynab b. Abū Salamah Saʾalath Mā Sammayt Āb.atak > Sammaytuhā Barrah

Zainab daughter of Abu Salamah asked him: Which name did you give to your daughter? He replied : Barrah. She said: The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) forbade giving this name. I was called Barrah but the Prophet (May peace be upon him) said: Do not declare yourselves pure, for Allah knows best those of you who are obedient. He said: we asked; which name should we give her? He replied: Call her Zainab. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4953)  

الطبراني:٢١١٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ

أَنَّ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ سَأَلَتْهُ مَا سَمَّيْتَ ابْنَتَكَ؟ قَالَ سَمَّيْتُهَا بَرَّةَ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ هَذَا الِاسْمِ سَمَّيْتَ بَرَّةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تُزَكُّوا أَنْفُسَكُمُ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِأَهْلِ الْبِرِّ مِنْكُمْ» قَالُوا وَمَا نُسَمِّيهَا؟ قَالَ «سَمُّوهَا زَيْنَبَ»