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السيوطي:٦٩٢a

"أحسنتِ الأنصارُ، تسمَّوْا باسمى؛ ولا تكنوْا بكُنْيَتى، فإنما بُعِثْت قاسمًا أقسم بينكُمْ".  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Suyūṭī
bukhari:6196Ādam > Shuʿbah > Ḥuṣayn b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Name yourselves after me (by my name) but do not call (yourselves) by my Kuniya (1), for I am Al-Qasim (distributor), and I distribute among you Allah's blessings." This narration has also come on the authority of Anas that the ! Prophet said so."  

البخاري:٦١٩٦حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا قَاسِمٌ أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَرَوَاهُ أَنَسٌ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

muslim:2133d[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash [Chain 2] Abū Saʿīd al-Ashaj > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Give the name after my name, but do not give (the kunya of Abu'l-Qasim after my) kunya, for I am Abu'l-Qasim (in the sense) that I distribute amongst you (the spoils of war) and disseminate the knowledge (of revelation). This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr but with a slight variation of wording.  

مسلم:٢١٣٣dحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنِّي أَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا  

ahmad:14363Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Sālim > Jābir

Give the name after my name, but do not give (the kunya of Abu'l-Qasim after my) kunya, for I am Abu'l-Qasim (in the sense) that I distribute amongst you (the spoils of war) and disseminate the knowledge (of revelation). This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr but with a slight variation of wording. (Using translation from Muslim 2133d)   

أحمد:١٤٣٦٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنِّي جُعِلْتُ قَاسِمًا أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ  

ahmad:14227Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Give the name after my name, but do not give (the kunya of Abu'l-Qasim after my) kunya, for I am Abu'l-Qasim (in the sense) that I distribute amongst you (the spoils of war) and disseminate the knowledge (of revelation). This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr but with a slight variation of wording. (Using translation from Muslim 2133d)   

أحمد:١٤٢٢٧حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنِّي أَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ  

hakim:7735Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Maḥbūbī > Saʿīd b. Masʿūd > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Shuʿbah > Qatādah And Manṣūr Wasulaymān Waḥuṣayn b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Wulid Lilʾanṣār Walad Faʾarādūā > Yusammūh

[Machine] "To name him Muhammad and they came with him the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and he said, "The Ansar have done well to name themselves after me and not use my nickname, for I was sent as a distributor [of inheritance] among you."  

الحاكم:٧٧٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْمَحْبُوبِيُّ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ ثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ وَمَنْصُورٍ وَسُلَيْمَانَ وَحُصَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا سَالِمَ بْنَ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ وُلِدَ لِلْأَنْصَارِ وَلَدٌ فَأَرَادُوا

أَنْ يُسَمُّوهُ مُحَمَّدًا فَأَتَوْا بِهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَحْسَنَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ قَاسِمًا أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَقَدِ اتَّفَقَا فِيهِ عَلَى حَدِيثِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ بِغَيْرِهَذِهِ السِّيَاقَةِ وَقَدْ جَمَعَ بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ وَأَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ بَيْنَ الْأَرْبَعَةِ كَمَا جَمَعَ بَيْنَهُمُ النَّضْرُ بْنُ الشُّمَيْلِ