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tabarani:18017 – [Chain 1] ʿAbdān b. Muḥammad al-Marwazī > Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh from my father > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked his grandfather, "What is your name?" His grandfather replied, "Huzn (Sadness)". The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No, you are Sahl (Easy)". He said, "I do not change a name that my father named me." So, that sadness remained within us afterward.  

الطبراني:١٨٠١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ رَاهَوَيْهِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ رَاهَوَيْهِ ثنا أَبِي ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِجَدِّهِ «مَا اسْمُكَ؟» قَالَ حَزْنٌ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «بَلْ أَنْتَ سَهْلٌ» قَالَ لَا أُغَيِّرُ اسْمًا سَمَّانِيهِ أَبِي «فَمَا زَالَتْ تِلْكَ الْحُزُونَةُ فِينَا بَعْدُ»  

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bukhari:6193 – Ibrāhīm b. Mūsá > Hishām > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jubayr b. Shaybah > Jalast > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab

That when his grandfather, Hazn visited the Prophet ﷺ the Prophet ﷺ said (to him), "What is your name?" He said, "My name is Hazn." The Prophet ﷺ said, " But you are Sahl." He said, "I will not change my name with which my father named me." Ibn Al-Musaiyab added: So we have had roughness (in character) ever since.  

البخاري:٦١٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ أَنَّ ابْنَ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَهُمْ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ شَيْبَةَ قَالَ جَلَسْتُ إِلَى سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ

فَحَدَّثَنِي أَنَّ جَدَّهُ حَزْنًا قَدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا اسْمُكَ قَالَ اسْمِي حَزْنٌ قَالَ بَلْ أَنْتَ سَهْلٌ قَالَ مَا أَنَا بِمُغَيِّرٍ اسْمًا سَمَّانِيهِ أَبِي قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ فَمَا زَالَتْ فِينَا الْحُزُونَةُ بَعْدُ  

ahmad:23673 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Ibn al-Musayyib from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said to his great-grandfather Sa'id, "What is your name?" He replied, "Hazn (Sadness)." The Prophet ﷺ said, "No, you are Sa'il (Easy/Facile)." He said, "I do not change a name that my father has given me." Ibn Al-Musayyib said, "So, there remained a sadness among us thereafter."  

أحمد:٢٣٦٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِجَدِّهِ جَدِّ سَعِيدٍ مَا اسْمُكَ؟ قَالَ حَزْنٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَلْ أَنْتَ سَهْلٌ فَقَالَ لَا أُغَيِّرُ اسْمًا سَمَّانِيهِ أَبِي قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ فَمَا زَالَتْ فِينَا حُزُونَةٌ بَعْدُ  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَالِثٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِإِبَاحَةِ اسْتِعْمَالِ هَذَا الْفِعْلِ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:5822 – Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Ibn Abū al-Sarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib from his father

[Machine] The Prophet PBUH said to his grandfather, "What is your name?" He replied, "Huzn" (meaning sorrow). The Prophet PBUH said, "No, you are Sahl" (meaning ease). He said, "I do not change a name my father gave me." Sa'id said, "So he remained sad among us afterwards."  

ابن حبّان:٥٨٢٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِجَدِّهِ «مَا اسْمُكَ»؟ قَالَ «حَزْنٌ» فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «بَلْ أَنْتَ سَهْلٌ» قَالَ لَا أُغَيِّرُ اسْمًا سَمَّانِيهِ أَبِي قَالَ سَعِيدٌ «فَمَا زَالَتْ فِينَا حُزُونَةٌ بَعْدُ»  

suyuti:260-1b – Saʿīd b. al-Msyyab from his father from his grandfather > al-Nabi ﷺ > Lah Mā Āsmuk > Āsmiá Ḥazn > Bal Anat Sahl > Lā Ughayyir Āsm Sammānīh Abiá
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السيوطي:٢٦٠-١b –

" عَنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ المسيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ: ما اسْمُكَ؟ قَالَ: اسْمِى حَزْنٌ، قَالَ: بَلْ أَنَتْ سَهْلٌ، قَالَ: لَا أُغَيِّرُ اسمًا سَمَّانِيهِ أَبِى، قَالَ ابْنُ المسيَّبِ: فَمَا زَالَتْ فِينَا حُزُونَةٌ بَعْدُ".  

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