مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب المناقب
The Book of Merits
(كَيْفَ حَصَلَ حَضْرَةُ جَعْفَرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَلَى كُنْيَةِ أَبِي المَسَاكِينِ)
(How Hazrat Ja’far, may Allah be pleased with him, received the title Abu al-Masakin)
Hadith 6161
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: كَانَ جَعْفَرٌ يُحِبُّ الْمَسَاكِينَ وَيَجْلِسُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَيُحَدِّثُهُمْ وَيُحَدِّثُونَهُ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُكَنِّيهِ بِأَبِي الْمَسَاكِين. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
Abu Huraira told that Ja'far used to love the poor. He would sit with them and talk to them and they would talk to him. God's messenger used to address him by the kunya Abul Masakin (father of the poor). Tirmidhi transmitted it.
