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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: 4956 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 289

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4956. It was narrated from Sa'eed bin Al-Musayyab, from his father, from his grandfather that the Prophet ﷺ said to him: "What is your name?" He said: "Hazn (rough)." He said: "You are Sahl (smooth)." He (Hazn) said: "No, for that which is smooth is trodden upon, and disgraced." Sa'eed said: "I thought that after that we would always be rough." (Sahih) Abū Dāwud said: And the Prophet ﷺ changed the names of Al-'Ās (disobedient), 'Aziz (mighty), 'Atalah (harsh), Shaitān (devil), Al-Hakam (judge), Ghurāb (crow), Ḥubāb (a name of a devil or a kind of snake), and Shihāb (falling flame of fire), whom he called Hishām (generous). He named Ḥarb (war) Silm (peace) and he named Al-Muḍṭaji (one who lies down) Al- Munba'ith (one who arises). He named a land that was called 'Afirah (barren) Khaḍirah (green), and he named a mountain pass that was called Aḍ-Ḍalālah (misguidance) Al-Huda (guidance), and he named the tribe of Banū Az-Zinyah (sons of fornication) Banū Ar-Rishdah (sons of guidance), and he named Banū Mughwiyah (sons of seduction) Banū Rishdah (sons of guidance). (Ṣaḥīḥ) Abū Dāwūd said: I left (narrating) their chains for the sake of abbreviation.

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4956 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْرَّزَّاقِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ لَهُ: «مَا اسْمُكَ؟» قَالَ: حَزْنٌ، قَالَ: «أَنْتَ سَهْلٌ» قَالَ: لَا، السَّهْلُ يُوطَأُ وَيُمْتَهَنُ، قَالَ سَعِيدٌ: «فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ سَيُصِيبُنَا بَعْدَهُ حُزُونَةٌ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «وَغَيَّرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اسْمَ الْعَاصِ، وَعَزِيزٍ، وَعَتَلَةَ، وَشَيْطَانٍ، وَالْحَكَمِ، وَغُرَابٍ، وَحُبَابٍ، وَشِهَابٍ، فَسَمَّاهُ هِشَامًا، وَسَمَّى حَرْبًا سَلْمًا، وَسَمَّى الْمُضْطَجِعَ الْمُنْبَعِثَ، وَأَرْضًا تُسَمَّى عَفِرَةَ سَمَّاهَا خَضِرَةَ، وَشَعْبَ الضَّلَالَةِ، سَمَّاهُ شَعْبَ الْهُدَى، وَبَنُو الزِّنْيَةِ، سَمَّاهُمْ بَنِي الرِّشْدَةِ، وَسَمَّى بَنِي مُغْوِيَةَ، بَنِي رِشْدَةَ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «تَرَكْتُ أَسَانِيدَهَا لِلِاخْتِصَارِ»

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