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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: 4955 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 289

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4955. It was narrated from Hānī’ that when he came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ in a delegation with his people, he heard them calling him by the Kunyah ‘Abū Al-Ḥakam.’ The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ called him, and said: ‘Allāh is Al-Ḥakam (the Judge), and judgment belongs to Him. Why are you known by the Kunyah ‘Abū Al-Ḥakam?’ He said: ‘When my people differ concerning anything, they come to me, and I pass judgment among them, and both sides accept it.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'How good this is. Do you have any children?' He said: 'I have Shuraih, Muslim and 'Abdullāh.' He said: 'Who is the eldest of them?' I said: 'Shuraih.' He said: 'Then you are Abū Shuraih.'" (Hasan) Abū Dāwud said: This Shuraih is the one who broke the chain. He was one of those who entered Tustar. Abū Dāwud said: I heard that Shuraih broke the gate of Tustar, and that was when he entered through a tunnel.

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4955 - حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ هَانِئٍ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا وَفَدَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَعَ قَوْمِهِ سَمِعَهُمْ يَكْنُونَهُ بِأَبِي الْحَكَمِ، فَدَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَكَمُ، وَإِلَيْهِ الْحُكْمُ، فَلِمَ تُكْنَى أَبَا الْحَكَمِ؟» فَقَالَ: إِنَّ قَوْمِي إِذَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِي شَيْءٍ أَتَوْنِي، فَحَكَمْتُ بَيْنَهُمْ فَرَضِيَ كِلَا الْفَرِيقَيْنِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذَا، فَمَا لَكَ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ؟» قَالَ: لِي شُرَيْحٌ، وَمُسْلِمٌ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «فَمَنْ أَكْبَرُهُمْ؟» قُلْتُ: شُرَيْحٌ، قَالَ: «فَأَنْتَ أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «شُرَيْحٌ هَذَا هُوَ الَّذِي كَسَرَ السِّلْسِلَةَ، وَهُوَ مِمَّنْ دَخَلَ تُسْتَرَ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «وَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ شُرَيْحًا كَسَرَ بَابَ تُسْتَرَ، وَذَلِك أَنْهُ دَخَلَ مِنْ سِرْبٍ»

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