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السيوطي:٧٢٤٦a –

"إِنَّ منْ خيار أَسمائِكْم عبد اللَّه، وعبدَ الرحمنِ، والحارثَ" .  

أَبو أَحمد الحاكم عن سبرة بن أَبى سبرة

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Collected by Muslim, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
muslim:2132 – Ibrāhīm b. Ziyād / al-Mulaqqab Bisabalān > ʿAbbād b. ʿAbbād > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar Waʾakhīh ʿAbdullāh Samiʿah Minhumā Sanah Arbaʿ Waʾarbaʿīn Wamiāʾah Yuḥaddithān > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The names dearest to Allah are 'Abdullah and 'Abd al-Rahman.  

مسلم:٢١٣٢ – حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ وَهُوَ الْمُلَقَّبُ بِسَبَلاَنَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَأَخِيهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ سَمِعَهُ مِنْهُمَا سَنَةَ أَرْبَعٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ وَمِائَةٍ يُحَدِّثَانِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَحَبَّ أَسْمَائِكُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ  

ahmad:17605 – Wakīʿ from my father > Abū Isḥāq > Khaythamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmaniʿan Abīh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, among the best of your names are Abdul-Allah, Abdul-Rahman, and Al-Harith."  

أحمد:١٧٦٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِعَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ مِنْ خَيْرِ أَسْمَائِكُمْ عَبْدَ اللهِ وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ وَالْحَارِثَ  

ahmad:4774 – Wakīʿ > al-ʿUmarī > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ : "Indeed, among the best of your names are Abdullah (servant of Allah) and Abdur-Rahman (servant of the Merciful)."  

أحمد:٤٧٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْعُمَرِيُّ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ أَسْمَائِكُمْ عَبْدَ اللهِ وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ  

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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