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Samurah ibn Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Do not name your boy 1 Yasar, Rabah, Najih, or Aflah, for you may say, ‘Is he there?’ and it is not so, and they say, ‘No.’” [Narrated by Muslim]
In another narration by Muslim: “Do not name your boy Rabah, Yasar, Aflah, or Nafi‘.”
In another narration by Muslim, from Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him): “The Prophet (ﷺ) intended 2 to prohibit naming with Ya‘la, Barakah, Aflah, Yasar, Nafi‘, and the like, but I saw him remain silent about it afterward, and he passed away without prohibiting it.”
Possible references (unverified, pending editorial review)
- Candidate: Sahih Muslim 2136a (unverified) 94% confidence
- Candidate: Sahih Muslim 2137 (unverified) 92% confidence
Confidence and text similarity are not editorial verification.
Commentary and footnotes (4)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “Do not name your boy Yasar, etc.”: In Radd al-Muhtar: “Do not name a boy Yasar, Rabah, Najah, Aflah, or Barakah, as it is not desirable for someone to say, ‘Is there Barakah?’ and be told, ‘No,’ and similarly for other names.”
Note 2
(2) His statement: “The Prophet intended to prohibit, etc.”: In An-Nawawi’s commentary on Muslim: “Our companions said it is disliked to name with the names mentioned in the Hadith and those of similar meaning, and this is a dislike of propriety, not prohibition.” Ali al-Qari said: “The meaning is that the Prophet (ﷺ) intended to prohibit it with a prohibition of unlawfulness, but then remained silent out of mercy for the Ummah due to widespread usage and hardship, especially since most people do not distinguish between good and bad names. The negated prohibition refers to unlawfulness, and the affirmed one to propriety.”
Note 1
(۱) قوله : لا تسمين غلامك يسارا إلخ : قال في رد المحتار: ولا يسمى الغلام يسارا ولا رباحا ولا نجاحا ولا أفلحولا بركة، فليس من المرضي أن يقول الإنسان عندك بركة ؟ فتقول: لا، وكذا سائر الأسماء.
Note 2
(۲) قوله : أراد النبي أن ينهى إلخ في شرح مسلم للنووي: قال أصحابنا يكره التسمي بالأسماء المذكورة في الحديث وما في معناها، وهي كراهة تنزيه لا تحريم. وقال علي القاري حاصله : أن النبي له أراد أن ينهى نهي تحريم، ثم سكت بعد ذلك رحمة على الأمة؛ لعموم البلوى وإيقاع الحرج، لا سيما وأكثر الناس ما يفرقون بين الأسماء من القبيح والحسن، فالنهي المنفي محمول على التحريم والمثبت على التنزيه.