Hadith 30796

Chapter 2

باب 2

(2) باب كَرَاهَةِ التَّسْمِيَةِ بِالأَسْمَاءِ الْقَبِيحَةِ وَبِنَافِعٍ وَنَحْوِهِ .

(2) Chapter: It Is Disliked To Use Objectionable Names And Names Such As Nafi' (Beneficial) Etc (ID)
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وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الرُّكَيْنِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ، بْنِ جُنْدَبٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ تُسَمِّ غُلاَمَكَ رَبَاحًا وَلاَ يَسَارًا وَلاَ أَفْلَحَ وَلاَ نَافِعًا " .

Samura b. Jundub reported AUah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Don't give names to your servants as Rabdh, 'Ya ar, Aflah and Nafi'. (ID)

Reference (ID): Sahih Muslim 2136 b (ID)

In-book reference (ID): Book 38, Hadith 15 (ID)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 25, Hadith 5328 (ID)