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Changing Bad Names

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Darussalam · Volume 5

40. THE BOOK OFETIQUETTE (AL-ADAB)

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الحديث: 4953 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 288

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4953. It was narrated from Muḥammad bin 'Amr bin 'Aṭā', that Zainab bint Abī Salamah asked him: "What have you named your daughter?" He said: "I have named her Barrah (righteous).” She said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ forbade this name. I was called Barrah, and the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Do not praise yourselves. Allāh knows best who are the righteous among you.’ He said: ‘What should we call her?’ He said: ‘Call her Zainab.’” (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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4953 - حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ، أَنَّ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، سَأَلَتْهُ: مَا سَمَّيْتَ ابْنَتَكَ؟ قَالَ: سَمَّيْتُهَا مُرَّةَ، فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْ هَذَا الِاسْمِ، سُمِّيتُ بَرَّةَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تُزَكُّوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ، اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِأَهْلِ الْبِرِّ مِنْكُمْ» فَقَالَ: مَا نُسَمِّيهَا؟ قَالَ: «سَمُّوهَا زَيْنَبَ»

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