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المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah
كتاب الأدب
Book of Manners
بَابُ كَرَاهِيَةِ التسمي بأسماء الجبابرة وتغيير الاسم إِلَى مَا هو أحسن مِنْهُ
Chapter: Dislike of naming after tyrants, and changing a name to a better one
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2800 — Dislike of naming after tyrants
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قَالَ الْحَارِثُ : حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ ، قَالَ : وُلِدَ لِأَخِي أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ غُلَامٌ ، سَمَّوْهُ الْوَلِيدَ ، فَدَخَلُوا بِهِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ : أَسَمَّيْتُمُوهُ ؟ ، قَالُوا : نَعَمْ سَمُّوهُ الْوَلِيدَ ، قَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : مَهْ مَهْ ، اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ ، سَمَّيْتُمُوهُ بِاسْمِ فَرَاعِنَتِكُمْ ؟ لَيَكُونَنَّ فِي أُمَّتِي رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ الْوَلِيدُ ، لَهُوَ أَشَدُّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ : قُلْتُ لَهُ : أَيُّ الْوَلِيدِ هُوَ ؟ قَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : إِنِ اسْتُخْلِفَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ، وَإِلَّا فَهُوَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ .
It is narrated from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) that a child was born to the brother of the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), and they named him al-Walid. Then they brought him into the blessed presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Have you named him?" They said: Yes, we have named him al-Walid. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said by way of rebuke: "Mah, mah (Stop, desist)! His name is Abd al-Rahman. Have you named him after the names of your Pharaohs? There will certainly be a man in my Ummah called al-Walid; he will prove even harsher on my Ummah than the oppression Pharaoh inflicted on his people." The narrator Abd al-Rahman says: I asked (my teacher) which al-Walid he is? And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If al-Walid bin Yazid is given the caliphate (then it is he); otherwise it is al-Walid bin Abd al-Malik."
This report is found in the Musnad of al-Harith (Bughyah: 2800). Its chain contains Isma'il bin Ayyash's narration from the people of the Hijaz, which according to the hadith scholars is weak; moreover, most imams have declared the last part of its text munkar (denounced) or mudraj (an interpolation).
This report is found in the Musnad of al-Harith (Bughyah: 2800). Its chain contains Isma'il bin Ayyash's narration from the people of the Hijaz, which according to the hadith scholars is weak; moreover, most imams have declared the last part of its text munkar (denounced) or mudraj (an interpolation).
