مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 1370
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حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عَدِيٍّ، أَنْبَأَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو (٣) ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ،، ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: لَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحَسَنُ سَمَّاهُ حَمْزَةَ، فَلَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحُسَيْنُ سَمَّاهُ بِعَمِّهِ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ: فَدَعَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: " إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُغَيِّرَ اسْمَ هَذَيْنِ " فَقُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ فَسَمَّاهُمَا حَسَنًا وَحُسَيْنًا (١)،
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English translation
It was narrated that ‘Ali (رضي الله عنه) said:
When al-Hasan was born, I named him Hamzah. When al-Husain was born, I named him after his paternal uncle Ja`far. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called me and said: `I have been commanded to change the names of these two.` I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. And he named them Hasan and Husain. (رضي الله عنهما)
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This is Hadith 1370 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 5, Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, as in-book entry 809.
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Musnad Ahmad 1370 Arabic/English book : Book 5, Hadith 1370
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