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tabarani:5705 – al-Ḥusayn > ʿAlī b. Baḥr > ʿAbd al-Muhaymin b. ʿAbbās b. Sahl from my father > Jaddī Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] His name was Huzn, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ named him Sahl.  

الطبراني:٥٧٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ بَحْرٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْمُهَيْمِنِ بْنُ عَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ اسْمَهُ حَزْنٌ فَسَمَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَهْلٌ»  

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Collected by Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī
hakim:6436 – Aḥmad b. Kāmil al-Qāḍī

[Machine] His name was "Huzn" but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ named him "Sahl."  

الحاكم:٦٤٣٦ – أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ كَامِلٍ الْقَاضِي ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الْعَوْفِيُّ ثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمُهَيْمِنِ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ ثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ «كَانَ اسْمُهُ حُزْنًا فَسَمَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَهْلًا»  

ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا كَانَ يُغَيِّرُ ﷺ هَذَا الْجِنْسَ مِنَ الْأَسْمَاءِ

ibnhibban:5830 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Shuʿbah > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Maymūnah > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

"Zainab used to be called "Barrah" (good), and it was said that she was praising herself. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ changed her name to Zainab." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3732)   

ابن حبّان:٥٨٣٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا رَافِعٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

«كَانَ اسْمُ زَيْنَبَ بَرَّةَ فَقَالُوا تُزَكِّي نَفْسَهَا فَسَمَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَيْنَبَ»  

tabarani:21177 – al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū Kurayb > Abū Usāmah > al-Walīd b. Kathīr > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > Zaynab b. Um Salamah

[Machine] My name was Barrah, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called her Zainab.  

الطبراني:٢١١٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ثنا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ اسْمِي بَرَّةَ فَسَمَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ زَيْنَبَ»