Friday, December 23, 2011

Ten Names of the Prophet

Here is a Muwaththaq (Reliable) hadeeth that tells us that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) had ten names, five that are mentioned in the Holy Qur’ān and five that are not mentioned in the Qur’ān.

حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى عن الحسن بن علي بن فضال عن ابن بكير عن محمد بن مسلم عن أبي جعفر ع قال إن لرسول الله ع عشرة أسماء خمسة منها في القرآن و خمسة ليست في القرآن فأما التي في القرآن فمحمد ع و أحمد و عبد الله و يس و نون و أما التي ليست في القرآن فالفاتح و الخاتم و الكافي و المقفى و الحاشر
From Muhammad bin Muslim from Abī Ja`far (عليه السلام) said: “Verily for the Messenger of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) there are ten names, five of which is in the Qur’ān and five are not in the Qur’ān. As for what is in the Qur’ān are Muḥammad, Aḥmad, `Abd Allāh, Ya-Sīn, Nūn, and as for what is not in the Qur’ān are al-Fātiḥ, al-Khātim, al-Kāfī, al-Muqfī and al-Ḥāshir”
Source:
1.     Al-Sadūq, al-KhiSāl, (Qum: Mu`assassah al-Nashr al-Islāmī, 2nd ed., 1403), vol. 2, ch. 10, pg. 426, hadeeth # 2

1 comment:

  1. Salamu Alaykum,

    One difference between the names in the Quran and the names outside of the Quran seems to be the presence/absence of the "Al" article or prefix.

    I was under the impression that the "Al" prefix should only be place before any of God's names.

    Did I have a wrong understanding?

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