Hadith 6187
Sahih al-Bukhari
Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab) · "Name yourselves by my name, but do not call yourselves by my Kunyah."
Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حُصَيْنٌ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ وُلِدَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَّا غُلاَمٌ فَسَمَّاهُ الْقَاسِمَ فَقَالُوا لاَ نَكْنِيهِ حَتَّى نَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي، وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي ".
English translation
Narrated Jabi: A man among us begot a boy whom he named Al-Qasim. The people said, "We will not call him (i.e., the father) by that Kuniya (Abu-l-Qasim) till we ask the Prophet (ﷺ) about it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said. "Name yourselves by my name, but do not call (yourselves) by my Kuniya."
Grade as stored: Sahih
Narrator chain
- مسدد بن مسرهد الأسدي · first↓
- خالد بن عبد الله الطحان · chain↓
- الحصين بن عبد الرحمن السلمي · chain↓
- سالم بن أبي الجعد الأشجعي · chain↓
- جابر بن عبد الله الأنصاري · sahabi