General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4958
لاَ تُسَمِّيَنَّ غُلاَمَكَ يَسَارًا وَلاَ رَبَاحًا وَلاَ نَجِيحًا وَلاَ أَفْلَحَ فَإِنَّكَ تَقُولُ أَثَمَّ هُوَ فَيَقُولُ لاَ إِنَّمَا هُنَّ أَرْبَعٌ فَلاَ تَزِيدَنَّ عَلَىَّ
lā tusammiyanna ghulāmaka yasāran walā rabāḥan walā najīḥan walā aflaḥa fa-innaka taqūlu athamma huwa fayaqūlu lā innamā hunna arbaʿun falā tazīdanna ʿalāa
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Samurah b. Jundub reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying:Do not call your servant Yasar (wealth), Rabah (profit), Nijih(prosperous) and Aflah (successful), for you may ask; Is he there? And someone says: No. Samurah said: These are four (names), so do not attribute more to me
Source
Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 4958
Ṣaḥīḥ
- Sahih
- Sahih
- Sahih Muslim (2137)