Sahih al-Bukhari 6192
To change a name for better name
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حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ
أَنَّ زَيْنَبَ كَانَ اسْمُهَا بَرَّةَ فَقِيلَ تُزَكِّي نَفْسَهَا فَسَمَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَيْنَبَ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ṣadaqah b. al-Faḍl
- Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar
- Shuʿbah
- ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Maymūnah
- Abū Rāfiʿ
- Abū Hurayrah
Zainab's original name was "Barrah," but it was said' "By that she is giving herself the prestige of piety." So the Prophet ﷺ changed her name to Zainab.
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| Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi | Agreed Upon | hadithunlocked |
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