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tabarani:6016 – Yaḥyá b. ʿUthmān b. Ṣāliḥ from my father > Ibn Lahīʿah > Bakr b. Sawādah > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] There was a man among the companions of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ named Aswad, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called him Abu 'Abid.  

الطبراني:٦٠١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ سَوَادَةَ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ اسْمُهُ أَسْوَدُ فَسَمَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَبْيَضَ»  

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suyuti:363-6b – Sahl b. Saʿd
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٣٦٣-٦b –

"عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ اسْمُهُ أَسْوَدُ، فَسَمَّاهُ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ أَبْيَضَ".  

الحسن بن سفيان، وأبو نعيم