Sunan Ibn Majah 3732
Changing Names
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا رَافِعٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ
أَنَّ زَيْنَبَ كَانَ اسْمُهَا بَرَّةَ فَقِيلَ لَهَا تُزَكِّي نَفْسَهَا فَسَمَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَيْنَبَ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū Bakr
- Ghundar
- Shuʿbah
- ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Maymūnah
- Abū Rāfiʿ Yuḥaddith
- Abū Hurayrah
"Zainab used to be called "Barrah" (good), and it was said that she was praising herself. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ changed her name to Zainab."
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| Zubair Ali Zai | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
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