Jabir b. Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Give the name after my name, but do not give (the kunya of Abu'l-Qasim after my) kunya, for I am Abu'l-Qasim (in the sense) that I distribute amongst you (the spoils of war) and disseminate the knowledge (of revelation). This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr but with a slight variation of wording.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ، الأَشَجُّ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلاَ تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي فَإِنِّي أَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ أَقْسِمُ بَيْنَكُمْ " . وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ " وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا " .
Isnad
8 transmitters- 1Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybaKufa · d. ~235 AH
- 2Waki' bin al-JarrahKufa · d. ~197 AH
- 3Sulaiman al-A'mashal-Kufa · d. 147 AH
- 4'Abdullah bin Sa'id al-Ashajal-Kufa · d. 257 AH
- 5Waki' bin al-JarrahKufa · d. ~197 AH
- 6Sulaiman al-A'mashal-Kufa · d. 147 AH
- 7Salm bin Abi al-Ja'dal-Kufa · d. 100 AH or after
- 8Jabir ibn 'AbdullahMedinah/Baghdad/Egypt/Damascus · d. ~78 AH/687 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 38, Hadith 6
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 25, Hadith 5319 (deprecated numbering scheme)