Dar al-Hadith
Sunan Abi Dawud

Hadith 4960

Report an issue

Sunan Abi Dawud · Hadith 4960

This message and the hadith reference are sent privately to the administrator. Your saved commentary is not included. Please avoid personal or sensitive information. Report terms.

Changing Bad Names

English source

Darussalam · Volume 5

40. THE BOOK OFETIQUETTE (AL-ADAB)

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

Arabic source
Shamela Arabic edition (opens in a new tab)

الحديث: 4960 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 290

DarussalamSahihAl-AlbaniSahih
Al-Albani source references (1)
View bookmarks

Select a passage to highlight it. Click or tap a highlight to remove it.

Text and translation

English translation

4960. It was narrated that Jābir said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'If I live - if Allāh wills - I will forbid my Ummah to use the names Nāfi' (beneficial), Aflāh (prosperous) and Barakah (blessing).'" - Al-A'mash (one of the narrators) said: "I do not know if he mentioned Nāfi' or not." - "For a man may say when he comes, 'Is Barakah (blessing) there?' And they will say, 'No.'" (Sahih)

Arabic text

4960 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنْ عِشْتُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْهَى أُمَّتِي أَنْ يُسَمُّوا نَافِعًا، وَأَفْلَحَ، وَبَرَكَةَ» قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ: وَلَا أَدْرِي ذَكَرَ نَافِعًا أَمْ لَا، فَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَقُولُ إِذَا جَاءَ أَثَمَّ بَرَكَةُ فَيَقُولُونَ لَا قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: رَوَى أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَهُ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ بَرَكَةَ

My commentary

Personal notes

Your commentary saves automatically in this browser, separate from the published commentary. It stays private unless you include it in a shared study file.