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To change a name for another name which is better than the first.

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Darussalam · Volume 8

78 - THE BOOK OF AL-ADAB

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الحديث: 6192 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 43

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6192. Narrated Abū Hurairah : رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : Zainab's original name was "Barrah"(1) but it was said, "By that she is giving herself the prestige of piety.” So the Prophet ﷺ changed her name to Zainab.

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6192 - حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الفَضْلِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ: " أَنَّ زَيْنَبَ كَانَ اسْمُهَا بَرَّةَ، فَقِيلَ: تُزَكِّي نَفْسَهَا، فَسَمَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ زَيْنَبَ "

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    (1) (H. 6192) 'Barrah' means pious.