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tabarani:1173 – Aḥmad b. Shuʿayb al-Nasāʾī > Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbd al-Kabīr b. Dīnār > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ said to a man, "What is your name?" He said, "Yes." The Prophet said, "No, you are Abdullah (servant of Allah)."  

الطبراني:١١٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ النَّسَائِيُّ ثنا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ أَنَا عَبْدُ الْكَبِيرِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ «مَا اسْمُكَ؟» قَالَ نُعْمٌ قَالَ «بَلْ أَنْتَ عَبْدُ اللهِ»  

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[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ asked a man, "What is your name?" He replied, "Shihab." The Prophet ﷺ said, "You are Hisham."  

الحاكم:٧٧٣٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الثَّقَفِيُّ ثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ ثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ ثَنَا عِمْرَانُ الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ «مَا اسْمُكَ؟» قَالَ شِهَابٌ قَالَ «أَنْتَ هِشَامٌ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَإِذَا الرَّجُلُ هِشَامُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ صحيح
suyuti:108-68b – al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib > Rasūl
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:١٠٨-٦٨b –

"عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلًا فَقَالَ لَهُ: مَا اسْمُكَ؟ قَالَ؟ نُعَمُ، قَالَ: أَنْتَ عَبْدُ الله ".  

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