Hadith #508
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو وَكِيعٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي سَبْرَةَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ ذَهَبَ مَعَ جَدِّهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ
اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا اسْمُ ابْنِكَ قَالَ عَزِيزٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا تُسَمِّهِ عَزِيزًا وَلَكِنْ سَمِّهِ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ خَيْرَ الْأَسْمَاءِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَالْحَارِثُ
Isnad Chain
حسين بن محمد
أبو وكيع
أبي إسحاق
English Translation
Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad narrated to us, Abū Wakīʿ narrated to us, from Abū Isḥāq, from Khaythamah ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Sabrah: that his father ʿAbd al-Raḥmān went with his grandfather to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, 'What is your son's name?' He said, 'ʿAzīz.' the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Do not name him ʿAzīz, but name him ʿAbd al-Raḥmān.' Then he said, 'The best of names are ʿAbdullāh, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, and al-Ḥārith.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 508
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16946
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53336