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tabarani:2777Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. Abān > Yaḥyá b. ʿĪsá al-Ramlī al-Tamīmī > al-Aʿmash > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > ʿAlī

[Machine] Ali said, "I used to be a man who loved war. When Hassan was born, I intended to name him Harb (war), but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ named him Hassan. When Hussein was born, I intended to name him Harb, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ named him Hussein. He said, 'I have named my two sons after the names of the sons of Harun, Shabar and Shubayr.'"  

الطبراني:٢٧٧٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ عِيسَى الرَّمْلِيُّ التَّمِيمِيُّ ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ قَالَ قَالَ

عَلِيٌّ ؓ كُنْتُ رَجُلًا أُحِبُّ الْحَرْبَ فَلَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحَسَنُ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أُسَمِّيَهُ حَرْبًا فَسَمَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْحَسَنَ فَلَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحُسَيْنُ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أُسَمِّيَهُ حَرْبًا فَسَمَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْحُسَيْنَ وَقَالَ ﷺ «إِنِّي سَمَّيْتُ ابْنَيَّ هَذَيْنِ بِاسْمِ ابْنَيْ هَارُونَ شَبَرَ وَشُبَيْرَ»