صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الآدابThe Book of Manners and Etiquette
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ تَغْيِيرِ الاِسْمِ الْقَبِيحِ إِلَى حَسَنٍ وَتَغْيِيرِ اسْمِ بَرَّةَ إِلَى زَيْنَبَ وَجُوَيْرِيَةَ وَنَحْوِهِمَا:Chapter: It Is Recommended To Change Bad Names To Good Names, And To Change The Name Barrah To Zainab, Juwayriyah And The Like
Hadith 2142
حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ . ح وحدثنا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، قالا : حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ ، حَدَّثَتْنِي زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ، قَالَتْ : كَانَ اسْمِي بَرَّةَ ، فَسَمَّانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ زَيْنَبَ ، قَالَتْ : " وَدَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ جَحْشٍ ، وَاسْمُهَا بَرَّةُ ، فَسَمَّاهَا زَيْنَبَ " .
Zainab, daughter of Umm Salamah, reported: My name first was Barra. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave me the name of Zainab. Then there entered (into the house of Allah's Prophet (ﷺ) as a wife) Zainab, daughter of Jahsh, and her name was also Barra, and he gave her the name of Zainab.
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حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ ، حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ ، قال : سَمَّيْتُ ابْنَتِي بَرَّةَ ، فَقَالَتْ لِي زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْ هَذَا الِاسْمِ وَسُمِّيتُ بَرَّةَ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لَا تُزَكُّوا أَنْفُسَكُمُ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِأَهْلِ الْبِرِّ مِنْكُمْ " ، فَقَالُوا : بِمَ نُسَمِّيهَا ، قَالَ : " سَمُّوهَا زَيْنَبَ " .
Muhammad bin 'Amr bin 'Ata' reported: I had given the name Barra to my daughter. Zainab, daughter of Abu Salama, told me that Allah's' Messenger (ﷺ) had forbidden me to give this name. (She said): I was also called Barra, but Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Don't hold yourself to be pious. It is God alone who knows the people of piety among you. They (the Companions) said: Then, what name should we give to her? He said: Name her as Zainab.
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Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: These hadiths establish that names which are disliked or indicate piety should be changed.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 5609
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
➊ Praising oneself, that is, being self-congratulatory or singing one’s own praises, is very bad.
And this also includes those names in which there is exaggeration.
➋ It is mentioned in the explanation of the meaning of “Zainab” that a large rabbit, a beautiful scene, or a tree with a pleasant fragrance is called Zainab.
Some have also said it is (Zain Ab), meaning “adornment for the father,” as a compound.
(‘Awn al-Ma‘bud)
➊ Praising oneself, that is, being self-congratulatory or singing one’s own praises, is very bad.
And this also includes those names in which there is exaggeration.
➋ It is mentioned in the explanation of the meaning of “Zainab” that a large rabbit, a beautiful scene, or a tree with a pleasant fragrance is called Zainab.
Some have also said it is (Zain Ab), meaning “adornment for the father,” as a compound.
(‘Awn al-Ma‘bud)
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4953
