Mishkat al-Masabih 4781 — Manners

Abdul Hamid ibn Jubayr ibn Shaybah Narrated from:

I sat down with Sa'eed ibn Musayyib رحمه الله, who recounted to me that his grandfather, Hazn, met the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم who asked him, 'what is your name? He submitted, 'My name is Hazn.' He (the Prophet) صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "Rather, you are sahl (for Hazn is not a good name and means a difficult terrain while sahl is a smooth land).' He (my grandfather) demurred, 'I shall not change a name that my father has given me.'" Ibn Musayyib رحمه الله said, "After that, roughness has not ceased to exist among us." [1]