Where is the child? Abd Usaid said: Messenger of Allah, we took him away. He said: What is his name? He said; Messenger of Allah, it is so and so, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Nay, his name is Mundhir, and named him Mundhir on that day. (Using translation from Muslim 2149)
أُتِيَ بِالْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ وُلِدَ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ وَأَبُو أُسَيْدٍ جَالِسٌ قَالَ فَلَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِشَيْءٍ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَأَمَرَ أَبُو أُسَيْدٍ بِابْنِهِ فَاحْتُمِلَ مِنْ عِنْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَقْلَبُوهُ فَاشْتَاقَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ الصَّبِيُّ؟» قَالَ أَبُو أُسَيْدٍ أَقْلَبْنَاهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «مَا اسْمُهُ؟» قَالَ فُلَانٌ قَالَ «لَا وَلَكِنِ اسْمُهُ الْمُنْذِرُ» فَسَمَّاهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمُنْذِرَ
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