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Sunan Abu Dawud 4960

Chapter: Changing bad names

Authentic 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 4960

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ إِنْ عِشْتُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْهَى أُمَّتِي أَنْ

يُسَمُّوا نَافِعًا وَأَفْلَحَ وَبَرَكَةَ ‏"

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If I survive (God willing), I shall forbid my people to give the names Nafi' (beneficial), Aflah (successful) and Barakah (blessing). Al-A'mash said: I do not know whether he mentioned Nafi' or not. When a man comes and asks: Is there Barakah (blessing)? The people say: No.

Abu Dawud said: A similar tradition has been transmitted by Abu al-Zubair on the authority of Jabir from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators. This version has no mention of Barakah.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 4960).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( إِنْ عِشْت الْحَدِيث ) : وَلَفْظ مُسْلِم أَرَادَ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَنْهَى عَنْ أَنْ يُسَمَّى بِيَعْلَى وَبِبَرَكَةَ وَبِأَفْلَح وَبِيَسَارٍ وَبِنَافِعٍ وَبِنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ رَأَيْته سَكَتَ بَعْد عَنْهَا ثُمَّ قَبَضَ وَلَمْ يَنْهَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ النَّوَوِيّ : مَعْنَاهُ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنْهَى عَنْهَا نَهْي تَحْرِيم , وَأَمَّا النَّهْي الَّذِي هُوَ بِكَرَاهَةِ التَّنْزِيه فَقَدْ نَهَى عَنْهُ فِي الْأَحَادِيث الْبَاقِيَة اِنْتَهَى. وَقَالَ الطِّيبِيُّ : كَأَنَّهُ أَيْ أَمَارَات وَسَمِعَ مَا يُشْعِر بِالنَّهْيِ وَلَمْ يَقِف عَلَى النَّهْي صَرِيحًا فَلِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ وَقَدْ نَهَاهُ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَمَا فِي حَدِيث سَمُرَة ( قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُ…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 4960
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Authentic chainIsnaad Sahih The chain only No. 4960
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4960

On the same subject

Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 4958

Do not call your servant Yasar (wealth), Rabah (profit), Nijih(prosperous) and Aflah (successful), for you may ask; Is he there? And someone says: No. Samurah said: These are four (names), so do not attribute more to me.

لاَ تُسَمِّيَنَّ غُلاَمَكَ يَسَارًا وَلاَ رَبَاحًا وَلاَ نَجِيحًا وَلاَ أَفْلَحَ فَإِنَّكَ تَقُولُ أَثَمَّ هُوَ فَيَقُولُ لاَ إِنَّمَا هُنَّ أَرْبَعٌ فَلاَ تَزِيدَنَّ عَلَىَّ ‏"

Narrated by Samurah ibn Jundub + 9 other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 2138

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) decided to forbid (his followers) to name persons as Ya'la (Elevated), Baraka (Blessing), Aflah (Successful), Yasar and Nafi', but I saw that he kept silent after that and he did not say anything until Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) died. And he did not forbid (his followers to do…

يُسَمَّى بِيَعْلَى وَبِبَرَكَةَ وَبِأَفْلَحَ وَبِيَسَارٍ وَبِنَافِعٍ وَبِنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُهُ سَكَتَ بَعْدُ عَنْهَا فَلَمْ يَقُلْ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلَمْ يَنْهَ عَنْ…

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

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