What is the authenticity of the hadith: “The best of names are those by which Allah is worshipped and praised”?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questioner asks: What is the authenticity of the hadith “The best of names are those by which Allah is worshipped and praised”?
Answer:
This is not a hadith. This is not a hadith. This is a saying among the common people: “The best of names are 'Abdullah and 'Abd al-Rahman.” That is the hadith. The best of namesSunan Abi Dawud 4950. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questioner asks: What is the authenticity of the hadith “The best of names are those by which Allah is worshipped and praised”?
Answer:
This is not a hadith. This is not a hadith. This is a saying among the common people: “The best of names are 'Abdullah and 'Abd al-Rahman.” That is the hadith. The best of names
Abdullah and AbdurRahman, the truest are Harith and Hammam
عبد الله وعبد الرحمن وأصدقها حارث وهمام
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [17 /84] ما صحة حديث: "خير الأسماء ما عبد وحمد"؟ | الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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