Hadith #235

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Arabic Text

‏ ‏قَالَ ‏ ‏قُرِئَ عَلَى ‏ ‏سُفْيَانَ ‏ ‏سَمِعْتُ ‏ ‏أَيُّوبَ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏مُحَمَّدٍ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ‏ ‏عَنْ النَّبِيِّ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي ‏

English Translation

It was narrated from Abu Hurayra (رضي الله عنه) — via Sufyan [read to him from Ayyub, from Muhammad, from Abu Hurayra] — from the Prophet ﷺ: 'Name yourselves with my name [Muhammad/Ahmad], but do not take my kunya [Abu al-Qasim].'

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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 17, Hadith 235

Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 7073

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