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tabarani:16655Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Raqqī > Fahid b. ʿAwf Abū Rabīʿah > Abū ʿAwānah > Hilāl al-Wazzān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá

[Machine] 'Umar looked at the son of Abdul Hamid, whose name was Muhammad, and a man was speaking to him, saying, "May Allah do such and such to you, O Muhammad," and began to insult him. So 'Umar called him and said, "O son of Zayd, I do not see Muhammad ﷺ being insulted because of you. By Allah, you will never be called Muhammad as long as I am alive." So he named him Abdul Rahman. Then he sent to the Banu Talha, who were seven men, and their leader and elder was Muhammad bin Talha, to change their names. Muhammad said, "I remind you by Allah, O Commander of the Faithful, for by Allah, Muhammad ﷺ named me Muhammad." So he said, "Stand up, there is no way to change something named by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."  

الطبراني:١٦٦٥٥حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا فَهِدُ بْنُ عَوْفٍ أَبُو رَبِيعَةَ ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ هِلَالٍ الْوَزَّانِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ

نَظَرَ عُمَرُ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ وَكَانَ اسْمُهُ مُحَمَّدًا وَرَجُلٌ يَقُولُ لَهُ فَعَلَ اللهُ بِكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَجَعَلَ يَسُبُّهُ فَدَعَاهُ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ زَيْدٍ لَا أَرَى مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ يُسَبُّ بِكَ وَاللهِ لَا تُدْعَى مُحَمَّدًا أَبَدًا مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا فَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى بَنِي طَلْحَةَ وَهُمْ سَبْعَةٌ وَسَيِّدُهُمْ وَكَبِيرُهُمْ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ لِيُغَيِّرَ أَسْمَاءَهُمْ فَقَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ أُذَكِّرُكَ اللهَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَوَاللهِ لِمُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ سَمَّانِي مُحَمَّدًا فَقَالَ قُومُوا لَا سَبِيلَ إِلَى شَيْءٍ سَمَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

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