(70) باب فِي تَغْيِيرِ الاِسْمِ الْقَبِيحِ
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If I survive (God willing), I shall forbid my people to give the names Nafi' (beneficial), Aflah (successful) and Barakah (blessing). Al-A'mash said: I do not know whether he mentioned Nafi' or not. When a man comes and asks: Is there Barakah (blessing)? The people say: No.Abu Dawud said: A similar tradition has been transmitted by Abu al-Zubair on the authority of Jabir from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators. This version has no mention of Barakah.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4960
In-book reference: Book 43, Hadith 188
English translation: Book 42, Hadith 4942