Hadith 4962

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو جَبِيرَةَ بْنُ الضَّحَّاكِ ، قَالَ : " فِينَا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِي بَنِي سَلَمَةَ : وَلا تَنَابَزُوا بِالأَلْقَابِ بِئْسَ الاسْمُ الْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ الإِيمَانِ سورة الحجرات آية 11 , قَالَ : قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَلَيْسَ مِنَّا رَجُلٌ إِلَّا وَلَهُ اسْمَانِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٌ ، فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : يَا فُلَانُ , فَيَقُولُونَ مَهْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ؟ إِنَّهُ يَغْضَبُ مِنْ هَذَا الِاسْمِ ، فَأُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ : وَلا تَنَابَزُوا بِالأَلْقَابِ سورة الحجرات آية 11 " .
Narrated Abu Jubayrah ibn ad-Dahhak: This verse was revealed about us, the Banu Salimah: "Nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames: ill-seeming is a name connoting wickedness (to be used of one) after he has believed. " He said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us, every one of us had two or three names. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ began to say: O so and so! But they would say: Keep silence, Messenger of Allah! He becomes angry by this name. So this verse was revealed: "Nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames. "
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / كتاب الأدب / 4962
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: إسناده صحيح,
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Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4962
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Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3268
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Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3741