Volume 8, Book 73, Number 213:
Narrated Said bin Al-Musaiyab:
That when his grandfather, Hazn visited the Prophet the Prophet said (to him), “What is your
name?” He said, “My name is Hazn.” The Prophet said, ” But you are Sahl.” He said, “I will not change
my name with which my father named me.” Ibn Al-Musaiyab added: So we have had roughness (in
character) ever since.
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 212:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Zainab’s original name was “Barrah,” but it was said’ “By that she is giving herself the prestige of
piety.” So the Prophet changed her name to Zainab.
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 211:
Narrated Sahl:
When Al-Mundhir bin Abu Usaid was born, he was brought to the Prophet who placed him on his
thigh. While Abu Usaid was sitting there, the Prophet was busy with something in his hands so Abu
Usaid told someone to take his son from the thigh of the Prophet . When the Prophet finished his job
(with which he was busy), he said, “Where is the boy?” Abu Usaid replied, “We have sent him home.”
The Prophet said, “What is his name?” Abu Usaid said, “(His name is) so-and-so. ” The Prophet said,
“No, his name is Al-Mundhir.” So he called him Al-Mundhir from that day.
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 210:
Narrated Al-Musaiyab:
on the authority of his father similarly as above (i.e., 209).
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 209:
Narrated Al-Musaiyab:
That his father (Hazn bin Wahb) went to the Prophet and the Prophet asked (him), “What is your
name?” He replied, “My name is Hazn.” The Prophet said, “You are Sahl.” Hazn said, “I will not change
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the name with which my father has named me.” Ibn Al-Musaiyab added: We have had roughness (in
character) ever since.
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 208:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah:
A man among us begot a boy whom he named Al-Qasim. The people said (to him), “We will not
call you Abul-l-Qasim, nor will we please you by calling you so.” The man came to the Prophet and
mentioned that to him. The Prophet said to him, “Name your son ‘Abdur-Rahman.”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 207:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Abu-l-Qasim (The Prophet) said, “Name yourselves by my name, but do not call yourselves by my
Kuniya.”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 206:
Narrated Jabi:
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 about it. The Prophet said.
“Name yourselves by my name, but do not call (yourselves) by my Kuniya.”