4950 — Hārūn ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us, Hishām ibn Saʿīd al-Ṭālaqānī narrated to us, Muḥammad ibn al-Muhājir al-Anṣārī informed us, he said: ʿAqīl ibn Shabīb narrated to me, from Abū Wahb al-Jushamī — and he had companionship [of the Prophet] — who said: The Messenger of Allāh, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Give yourselves the names of the prophets. The most beloved of names to Allāh are ʿAbd Allāh and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. The truest of them are Ḥārith and Hammām. And the ugliest of them are Ḥarb and Murrah."

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And his saying: "The most beloved of names…" etc. — al-Sindī said in his "Ḥāshiyah ʿalā al-Musnad": That is, because of what they contain of attributing the servant to his Master through servitude, and when such a name coincides with its bearer, it urges him to strive diligently in worship, giving the lie to his name [i.e., confirming it in truth].

And al-Sindī said in his "Ḥāshiyah ʿalā Ibn Mājah" regarding his saying: "ʿAbd Allāh and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān": That is, and similar names that involve the addition of the servant to Allāh the Exalted, because of what they contain of acknowledging servitude and magnifying Him the Exalted through lordship… And there is no doubt that the description of servitude and magnifying Him the Exalted through lordship implies an indication of humility in His presence, which calls for mercy for its bearer.

(1) A ḥasan ḥadīth except for his saying: "Give yourselves the names of the prophets." This is an isnād whose men are trustworthy except for ʿAqīl ibn Shabīb, for he is among those counted as unknown. And Abū Wahb al-Jushamī — Abū Dāwūd said: And he had companionship [of the Prophet], and Ibn al-Sakan and others mentioned him among the Companions, and some claimed that he is the Tābiʿī al-Kalāʿī. We have elaborated on this in our commentary on the ḥadīth in "al-Musnad" (19032).

It was also recorded by Abū Yaʿlā (7169) from Hārūn ibn ʿAbd Allāh, with this isnād.

And it was recorded by Aḥmad in his "Musnad" (19032), and from his path it was recorded by al-Bukhārī in "al-Adab al-Mufrad" (814) and in "al-Tārīkh al-Kabīr" 9/78, al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Kabīr" 22/(949), al-Bayhaqī in "al-Sunan" 9/356 and in "al-Ādāb" (469), al-Nasāʾī in "al-Kubrā" (4391), and Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr in "al-Tamhīd" 14/102, via the path of Abū Aḥmad al-Bazzār from Hishām ibn Saʿīd, with it. Some of them have an addition, and the narration of al-Nasāʾī and Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr does not contain: "And the truest of them are Ḥārith…" etc.

And it was recorded by al-Dūlābī in "al-Kunā" (344) via the path of Yaḥyā ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Waḥāẓī, from Muḥammad ibn al-Muhājir, from ʿAqīl ibn Shabīb, from Abū Wahb who said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said… — and he did not attribute Abū Wahb [to his tribe]. And in his wording there is an addition. =