Sunan Abi Dawud 4953

سنن أبي داود#4953Sahih

Muhammad b. ‘Amr b. ‘Ata said :Zainab daughter of Abu Salamah asked him: Which name did you give to your daughter? He replied : Barrah. She said: The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) forbade giving this name. I was called Barrah but the Prophet (May peace be upon him) said: Do not declare yourselves pure, for Allah knows best those of you who are obedient. He said: we asked; which name should we give her? He replied: Call her Zainab

Scholarly Authentication

We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:

Al-AlbaniHasan Sahih
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidHasan Sahih
Zubair Ali ZaiSahih

In-book reference: 43:181