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It Is Recommended To Change Bad Names To Good Names, And To Change The Name Barrah To Zainab, Juwairiyah And The Like

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Darussalam · Volume 5

38. The Book Of Al-Ādāb (Manners And Etiquette)

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الحديث: 2142 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 1687

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[5609] 19 - (...) It was narrated that Muḥammad bin 'Amr bin 'Aṭā' said: "I called my daughter Barrah, but Zainab bint Abī Salamah told me that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had forbidden this name. (She said) 'I was given this name, but the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Do not praise yourselves, for Allāh knows best who among you is pious." They said: "What should we call her?" He said: "Call her Zainab."

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19 - (2142) حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ، قَالَ: سَمَّيْتُ ابْنَتِي بَرَّةَ، فَقَالَتْ لِي زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ: «إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْ هَذَا الِاسْمِ، وَسُمِّيتُ بَرَّةَ»، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تُزَكُّوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ، اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِأَهْلِ الْبِرِّ مِنْكُمْ» فَقَالُوا: بِمَ نُسَمِّيهَا؟ قَالَ: «سَمُّوهَا زَيْنَبَ»

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