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.
Read More..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.
Read More..Narrated Sa`id 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.
Read More..Narrated Isma`il: I asked Abi `Aufa, Did you see Ibrahim, the son of the Prophet ? He said, Yes, but he died in his early childhood. Had there been a Prophet after Muhammad then his son would have lived, but there is no Prophet after him.
Read More..Narrated Al-Bara: When Ibrahim (the son of the Prophet) died, Allah's Apostle said, There is a wet nurse for him in Paradise.
Read More..Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah Al-Ansari: Allah's Apostle said, Name yourselves after me (by my name) but do not call (yourselves) by my Kuniya (1), for I am Al-Qasim (distributor), and I distribute among you Allah's blessings. This narration has also come on the authority of Anas that the ! Prophet said so.
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