Hadiths About The Blessed Names Of The Prophet (saw)

Hadiths about The Blessed Names Of The Prophet (saw)...

According to Jabir b. ʿAbd Allah al-Ansari (ra), Allah’s Messenger (saw) said, “Name yourselves (your children) after me (by my name) but do not call (yourselves) by my kunya (patronymic), for I have been sent as al-Qasim (distributor), and I distribute among you (what needs to be distributed).” (al-Bukhari, al-Adab, 109; 1 Muslim, al-Adab, 5)

Abu Musa al-Ashʿari (ra) said, “Allah’s Messenger (saw) called himself to us with the following names: “I am Muhammad, Ahmad, al-Muqaffi (the last in succession of the prophets), al-Hashir (behind whom people gather), the Prophet of repentance, and the Prophet of Mercy.” (Muslim, al-Fadaʾil, 126)

According to al-Zuhri, he heard Muhammad b.Jubayr b. Mutʿim report on the authority of his father (ra) that the Prophet (saw) said, “I have many names: I am Muhammad, I am Ahmad, I am al-Mahi through whom Allah obliterates unbelief, and I am al-Hashir (the gatherer) at whose feet people will be gathered, and I am al-ʿAqib.” Al-ʿAqib means the one after whom no prophet will come.” (Muslim, al-Fadaʾil, 124; al-Bukhari, al-Manaqib, 17)

Ataʾ b. Yasar reported, “I met ʿAbd Allah b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿAs (ra) and asked him, ‘Tell me about the description of Allah’s Messenger (saw) who is mentioned in the Torah.’ He replied, ‘Yes. By Allah, he is described in the Torah with some of the qualities attributed to him in the Holy Qurʾan as follows: O Prophet! We have sent you as a witness, and a giver of glad tidings, and a warner and guardian of the illiterates. You are My slave and My messenger. I have named you ‘al-Mutawakkil (who depends upon Allah). You are neither discourteous, harsh nor a noisemaker in the markets and you do not do evil to those who do evil to you, but you deal with them with forgiveness and kindness…’” (al-Bukhari, al-Buyuʿ, 50)

According to Ibn ʿAbbas, he heard ʿUmar (ra) say from the minbar, “I heard the Prophet (saw) say, ‘Do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians praised the son of Maryam, for I am only a slave. So, call me the slave of Allah and His Messenger.’” (al-Bukhari, al-Anbiyaʾ, 48)

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths