صحيح البخاري

Hadith 6187

Book 78: The Book of Al-Adab (Good Manners)

كِتَاب الْأَدَبِ

Chapter 106

(106) Chapter. The statement of the Prophet: “Name yourselves by my name, but do not call yourselves by my Kunyah.”

106- بَابُ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي، وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي»:

English narration

Narrated by جابر بن عبد الله الأنصاري

A man among us begot a boy whom he named Al-Qasim. The people said, "We will not call him (i.e., the father) by that Kuniya (Abu-l-Qasim) till we ask the Prophet (ﷺ) about it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said. "Name yourselves by my name, but do not call (yourselves) by my Kuniya."

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا حُصَيْنٌ ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : وُلِدَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَّا غُلَامٌ ، فَسَمَّاهُ الْقَاسِمَ ، فَقَالُوا : لَا نَكْنِيهِ حَتَّى نَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : "

سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي ، وَلَا تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي

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Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 6187In-book: Book 78, Hadith 6187

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