Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab reported that his grandfather went to the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He asked, "What is your
name?" "Hazn (rough)," he replied. The Prophet said, "You are Sahl (easy)."
He said, "I will not change a name which my father gave me." Ibn al-Musayyab
said, "Roughness (hazuna) remained among us afterwards."
Abu Musa said, "I had a son and I brought him to the Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he named him Ibrahim. He chewed
up a date and gave it to him and made supplication for him to be blessed
and then gave him back to me." He was Abu Musa's oldest son.
Narrated Jabir ibn 'Abdullah said, "One of our men among the Ansar had a
son and wanted to call him Muhammad. The Ansari said, 'I put him on my
shoulder and took him to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.
[Another variant has:
"He had a son and they wanted to name him Muhammad."]
The Prophet said, 'Name yourselves with my name but do not use my kunya.
I have been made the distributor (Qasim) to divide things between you.'"
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ الْقَطَّانُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي يُوسُفُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَلاَّمٍ قَالَ: سَمَّانِي النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُوسُفَ، وَأَقْعَدَنِي عَلَى حِجْرِهِ وَمَسَحَ عَلَى رَأْسِي.
Yusuf ibn 'Abdullah ibn Sallam said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, named me Yusuf and let me sit in his room and
stroked my head."
