The Authenticity of the Hadith: “The Best of Names Are Those by Which Allah Is Worshipped and Praised”
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Question:
Please, Muhammad from Makkah al-Mukarramah, join us on the line. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. What is the authenticity of the saying, the hadith: “The best of names are those by which Allah is worshipped and praised”? Thank you.
Answer:
This is not a hadith. “The best of names are those by which Allah is worshipped and praised”Sunan Abi Dawud 4950 This is the authentic hadith. As for “those by which Allah is worshipped and praised,” this is not authentic; it is from the wording of the common people. Yes.
Please, Muhammad from Makkah al-Mukarramah, join us on the line. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. What is the authenticity of the saying, the hadith: “The best of names are those by which Allah is worshipped and praised”? Thank you.
Answer:
This is not a hadith. “The best of names are those by which Allah is worshipped and praised”
Abdullah and AbdurRahman, the truest are Harith and Hammam
عبدالله وعبدالرحمن وأصدقها حارث وهمام
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (088) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-04-29] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (44:38)
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