مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 953
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حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ هَانِئِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: لَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحَسَنُ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: " أَرُونِي ابْنِي، مَا سَمَّيْتُمُوهُ؟ "، قُلْتُ: سَمَّيْتُهُ حَرْبًا، قَالَ: " بَلْ هُوَ حَسَنٌ "، فَلَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحُسَيْنُ، قَالَ: " أَرُونِي ابْنِي، مَا سَمَّيْتُمُوهُ؟ "، قُلْتُ: سَمَّيْتُهُ حَرْبًا، قَالَ: " بَلْ هُوَ حُسَيْنٌ "، فَلَمَّا وَلَدْتُ الثَّالِثَ جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: " أَرُونِي، ابْنِي مَا سَمَّيْتُمُوهُ؟ "، قُلْتُ: حَرْبًا، قَالَ: " بَلْ هُوَ مُحَسِّنٌ "، ثُمَّ قَالَ: " سَمَّيْتُهُمْ بِأَسْمَاءِ وَلَدِ هَارُونَ، شَبَّرُ، وَشَبِيرُ، وَمُشَبِّرُ " (١)،
Translation
English translation
It was narrated that ‘Ali (رضي الله عنه) said:
When al-Hasan was born, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came and said: “Show me my son; what did you name him?` I said: I named him Harb [which means `war`]. He said: `Rather he is Hasan.” When al-Husain was born, he said: `Show me my son; what did you name him?` I said: I named him Harb, He said: `Rather he is Husain.” When the third one was born, the Prophet (ﷺ) 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 953 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 5, Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, as in-book entry 392.
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Musnad Ahmad 953 Arabic/English book : Book 5, Hadith 953
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