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سنن ابن ماجه

Ibn Majah

 كتاب الأدب

Chapters on Etiquette

 بَابُ : مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ الأَسْمَاءِ

Chapter: Names that are disliked

Hadith 3729

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حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ , حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ , حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ , عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ , عَنْ جَابِرٍ , عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ , قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لَئِنْ عِشْتُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ , لَأَنْهَيَنَّ أَنْ يُسَمَّى رَبَاحٌ , وَنَجِيحٌ , وَأَفْلَحُ , وَنَافِعٌ , وَيَسَارٌ " .
´It was narrated from 'Umar ibn Al-Khattab that the Prophet(ﷺ) said:` "If I live- if Allah wills - I will forbid the names Rabah(profit), Najih(saved), Aflah (Successful), Nafi (beneficial) and Yasar(prosperity)."
Hadith Reference سنن ابن ماجه / كتاب الأدب / 3729
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: ضعيف, إسناده ضعيف, ترمذي(2835), انوار الصحيفه، صفحه نمبر 510
Hadith Takhrij «سنن الترمذی/الأدب 65 ( 2835 ) ، ( تحفة الأشراف : 10423 ، ومصباح الزجاجة : 1305 ) ( صحیح ) »
Related hadith on this topic
Muslim: 2138 Tirmidhi: 2835 Abu Dawud: 4960
Brief Explanation
In one hadith, the reasoning for this prohibition has been stated: because you will say, “Is he present here?” If he is not there, then (the one answering) will say, “No.” (Sahih Muslim) The meaning is that if someone asks, “Is Nafi‘ (Beneficial) in the house?” and in response it is said, “He is not present,” it is as if you have said that there is no beneficial person in the house, all are useless. Even though this may not be the speaker’s intention, outwardly it becomes an inappropriate statement. Therefore, giving such names is disliked (makruh), but not forbidden (haram).
Explanation & Benefits
Muslim — Hadith 2138
'Abdullah bin 'Umar reported: While we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , a person, one of the Ansar, came to him and greeted him. The Ansari then turned back. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: O brother of Ansar, how is my brother Sa'd bin 'Ubadah? He said: He is better. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Who amongst you would visit him? He (the Holy Prophet) stood up and we also got up along with him, and we were more than ten persons. We had neither shoes with us, nor socks, nor caps, nor shirts. We walked on the barren land till we came to him. The people around him kept away till the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his Companions with him came near him (Sa'd bin 'Ubadah).
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: Visiting friends, loved ones, and relatives who are ill is a virtuous deed and a Sunnah of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 2138
Abu Dawud — Hadith 4960
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Prophet ﷺ said: If I survive (God willing), I shall forbid my people to give the names Nafi (beneficial), Aflah (successful) and Barakah (blessing). Al-Amash said: I do not know whether he mentioned Nafi or not. When a man comes and asks: Is there Barakah (blessing)? The people say: No. Abu Dawud said: A similar tradition has been transmitted by Abu al-Zubair on the authority of Jabir from the Prophet ﷺ through a different chain of narrators. This version has no mention of Barakah.
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
One should specifically avoid the aforementioned names.
And it is mentioned in Sahih Muslim that later the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) remained silent about this.
(Sahih Muslim, Al-Adab, Chapter: Dislike of Naming with Certain Names and with Nafi’ and the Like, Hadith: 2138)
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4960
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