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Sunan Ibn Majah 3740

Chapter: A man being given a kunyah before he has a child

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 3740

Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ

يَأْتِينَا فَيَقُولُ لأَخٍ لِي وَكَانَ صَغِيرًا ‏"‏ يَا أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ ‏"

It was narrated that Anas said:

"The Prophet(ﷺ) used to come to us and say to a brother of mine, who was small: 'O Abu Umair.'".

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 3740).

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ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3740
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3740
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih - Agreed Upon The hadith No. 3740
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3740

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  • الأدب لابن أبي شيبة (64)يَأْتِينَا ، يَقُولُ لأَخٍ لِي وَكَانَ صَغِيرًا : يَا أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ ، مَا فَعَلَ النُّغَيْرُ ؟

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Not graded Al-Adab al-Mufrad 269

Anas ibn Malik said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to mix with us to the extent of asking a younger brother of mine, 'Abu 'Umayr! What has happened to the little sparrow?'"

حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو التَّيَّاحِ قَالَ‏:‏ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ‏:‏ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَيُخَالِطُنَا، حَتَّى يَقُولَ لأَخٍ لِي…

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 6203

The Prophet (ﷺ) was the best of all the people in character. I had a brother called Abu `Umar, who, I think, had been newly weaned. Whenever he (that child) was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) the Prophet (ﷺ) used to say, "O Abu `Umar! What did Al-Nughair (nightingale) (do)?" It was a nightingale with…

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ خُلُقًا، وَكَانَ لِي أَخٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو عُمَيْرٍ ـ قَالَ أَحْسِبُهُ فَطِيمٌ ـ وَكَانَ إِذَا جَاءَ قَالَ ‏"‏ يَا أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ مَا فَعَلَ النُّغَيْرُ ‏"‏‏.‏…

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik + 14 other versions

Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 4969

The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) used to come to visit us. I had a younger brother who was called Abu ‘Umair by Kunyah (surname). He had a sparrow with which he played, but it died. So one day the prophet (May peace be upon him) came to see him and saw him grieved. He asked: What is…

مَا شَأْنُهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا مَاتَ نُغَرُهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ يَا أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ مَا فَعَلَ النُّغَيْرُ ‏"

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik

Authentic Sunan Ibn Majah 3720

"I heard Anas Bin Malik say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to mix with us so much that he said to a little brother of mine: "O Abu `Umair, what happened to the Nughair (one of the narrators Waki` said that it means a bird that he used to play with)."

"‏ يَا أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ مَا فَعَلَ النُّغَيْرُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَكِيعٌ يَعْنِي طَيْرًا كَانَ يَلْعَبُ بِهِ

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik

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