مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 769
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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ هَانِئِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: لَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحَسَنُ سَمَّيْتُهُ حَرْبًا، فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: " أَرُونِي ابْنِي، مَا سَمَّيْتُمُوهُ؟ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: حَرْبًا. قَالَ: " بَلْ هُوَ حَسَنٌ " فَلَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحُسَيْنُ سَمَّيْتُهُ حَرْبًا، فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: " أَرُونِي ابْنِي، مَا سَمَّيْتُمُوهُ؟ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ حَرْبًا. قَالَ: " بَلْ هُوَ حُسَيْنٌ " فَلَمَّا وُلِدَ الثَّالِثُ سَمَّيْتُهُ حَرْبًا، فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: " أَرُونِي ابْنِي، مَا سَمَّيْتُمُوهُ؟ " قُلْتُ: حَرْبًا. قَالَ: " بَلْ هُوَ مُحَسِّنٌ " ثُمَّ قَالَ: " سَمَّيْتُهُمْ بِأَسْمَاءِ وَلَدِ هَارُونَ شَبَّرُ، وَشَبِيرُ، وَمُشَبِّرٌ " (٢)، ،
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English translation
It was narrated that ‘Ali (رضي الله عنه) said:
When al-Hasan was born, I named him Harb [which means war], then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came and said: `Show me my son; what did you name him?` We said: Harb. He said: `Rather he is Hasan.” When al-Husain was born, I named him Harb, then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came and said: “Show me my son; what did you name him?” We said; Harb. He said: “Rather he is Husain.” When the third one was born, I named him Harb. The Prophet (ﷺ) came and said: “Show me my son, what did you name him?” I said. Harb. He said: `Rather, he is Muhassin.` Then he said: `I have named them after the fashion of the sons of Haroon, Shabbar and Shabeer and Mushabbir.”
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This is Hadith 769 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 5, Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, as in-book entry 208.
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Musnad Ahmad 769 Arabic/English book : Book 5, Hadith 769
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