The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) called himself with many names, and we memorized some of them. He said: I am Muhammad, Ahmad, Al-Muqaffi, Al-Hāshir, and the Prophet of Mercy
Abu Mūsa (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) called himself with many names, and we memorized some of them. He said: "I am Muhammad, Ahmad, Al-Muqaffi, Al-Hāshir, and the Prophet of Mercy." Yazīd added: "The Prophet of Repentance and Nabyy al-Malhamah."
Reported by Ahmad (No. 18704, 18795, 18821) and Muslim (No. 2355).
Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) called himself with several names. Abu Mūsa retained in his memory some of these names, including: Muhammad, Ahmad, Al-Muqaffi (the last and seal of prophets), Al-Hāshir (the first to be resurrected on the Day of Judgment), the Prophet of Mercy for he carries compassion and mercy to mankind in general, through the legislation he came with, and to the believers in particular through the special merits they are granted. He is also the Prophet of Repentance, which means that he is the one whose legislation states that Allah accepts repentance by intention (of the heart) and words (of the tongue), as opposed to the legislation of some past nations whose repentance required killing themselves. It could also mean that he is the one in whose Ummah repentance is common and frequent, because his followers outnumbers all other nations, which entails that the repentant among them outnumbers those of other nations. The Prophet is also called Nabyy al-Malhamah (the Prophet of War) because he was keen on making Jihad to make the word of Allah superior.
Explanation in Arabic
يخبر أبو موسى الأشعري رضي الله عنه أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم سمى نفسه بالعديد من الأسماء حفظ منها: محمد، وأحمد، والمقفي، ومعناه: آخر الأنبياء وخاتمهم، ومنها الحاشر، ومعناه: يُحشر أول الناس، ومنها نبي الرحمة، ومعناه: صاحب الترفق والتحنن والشفقة على العالمين عامة بما جاء به من شرع، وعلى المؤمنين خاصة بما لهم من خصائص، ومنها نبي التوبة، ومعناه: الذي بُعث بقبول التوبة بالنية والقول، وكانت توبة بعض الأمم قبله بقتلهم أنفسهم، أو: هو الذي تكثر التوبة في أمته وتعم، وذلك أن أمته لما كانت أكثر الأمم كانت توبتهم أكثر من توبة غيرهم، ومنها نبي الملحمة أي: نبي الحرب؛ وسُمي به لحرصه على الجهاد؛ لإعلاء كلمة الله تعالى .
أن للنبي -صلى الله عليه وسلم- عدة أسماء منها المذكورة في هذا الحديث.
النبي -صلى الله عليه وسلم- آخر الأنبياء وخاتمهم.
النبي -صلى الله عليه وسلم- أول من يُحشر يوم القيامة.
النبي -صلى الله عليه وسلم- رؤوف رحيم بأمته رحمةً خاصَّةً.
النبي -صلى الله عليه وسلم- شديد على الكفار حريص على الجهاد لإعلاء كلمة الله -تعالى-.
Scholars’ grades
Original grading term, without a named scholar: صحيح
Jubayr ibn Mut‘im (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have five names. I am Muhammad. I am Ahmad. I am Al-Māhi (the effacer), by whom Allah effaces disbelief. I am Al-Hāshir (the gatherer), at whose feet people…