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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is there a hadith: “The best of names are those that praise and those that worship”?

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Question:
Salih says: This questioner asks, is there a hadith: “The best of names are those that praise and those that worship”?

Answer:
No, that is not a hadith. What is authentic in the hadith is:
The names dearest to Allah are Abdullah and AbdurRahman, the truest are Harith and Hammamخير الأسماء عبد الله وعبد الرحمن وأصدقها حارث وهمام
Sunan Abi Dawud 4950
This is what is authentic in the hadith.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4648] هل ورد حديث «خير الأسماء ما حُمِّدَ وعُبِّدَ»؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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