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صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الآدابThe Book of Manners and Etiquette
باب كَرَاهَةِ التَّسْمِيَةِ بِالأَسْمَاءِ الْقَبِيحَةِ وَبِنَافِعٍ وَنَحْوِهِ:Chapter: It Is Disliked To Use Objectionable Names And Names Such As Nafi' (Beneficial) Etc
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، يَقُولُ : " أَرَادَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَنْهَى عَنْ أَنْ يُسَمَّى بِيَعْلَى وَبِبَرَكَةَ وَبِأَفْلَحَ وَبِيَسَارٍ وَبِنَافِعٍ وَبِنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُهُ سَكَتَ بَعْدُ عَنْهَا ، فَلَمْ يَقُلْ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَلَمْ يَنْهَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ أَرَادَ عُمَرُ أَنْ يَنْهَى عَنْ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ " .
Jabir bin 'Abdullah reported: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) decided to forbid (his followers) to name persons as Ya'la (Elevated), Baraka (Blessing), Aflah (Successful), Yasar and Nafi', but I saw that he kept silent after that and he did not say anything until Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) died. And he did not forbid (his followers to do this), then 'Umar decided to prohibit (people) from giving these names, but later on gave up the idea.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Benefits and Issues:
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) forbade these names while observing etiquette and respect.
Then, from a legal and jurisprudential perspective, he intended to prohibit them.
However, this intention was not put into practice, nor was a definitive order issued to prohibit them,
until he departed from this transient world.
Benefits and Issues:
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) forbade these names while observing etiquette and respect.
Then, from a legal and jurisprudential perspective, he intended to prohibit them.
However, this intention was not put into practice, nor was a definitive order issued to prohibit them,
until he departed from this transient world.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 5603
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)
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
