49/40. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 3814 — Call Them by Their Fathers
The Virtues Of Zaid Bin Harithah, May Allah Be Pleased With Him
Call Them by Their Fathers Hadith
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 3814
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 3814
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ مَا كُنَّا نَدْعُو زَيْدَ بْنَ حَارِثَةَ إِلاَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ : ( ادعُوهُمْ لِأَبَائِهِمْ هُوَ أَقْسَطُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ) . هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
We Called Zaid Bin Harithah Nothing But 'Zaid Bin Muhammad' Until The Qur'An Was Revealed (Ordering):Call Them By Their Fathers, That Is More Just According To Allah. (33:5)
[1] Al-Ahzāb 33:5. This preceded under no. 3209 with the same chain of narration and he said: “ Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ .”Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3814In-book reference : Book 49, Hadith 214English translation : Vol. 1, Book 46, Hadith 3814
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 3814
This Hadith about calling people by their fathers explains a change related to Zaid bin Harithah. Ibn Umar said that they used to call him Zaid bin Muhammad until the Quranic command was revealed: call them by their fathers; that is more just according to Allah. The narration stays focused on naming and lineage. It does not open a wide legal discussion in the provided text. The clear teaching is that a person should be connected to his actual father in name. For people searching for the Zaid bin Harithah adoption Hadith or call them by their fathers Hadith, this narration gives the wording and the reason for the change in how Zaid was addressed.
What we learn from this hadith
- Zaid was once called Zaid bin Muhammad before the Quranic command mentioned in the Hadith.
- The revealed instruction was to call people by their fathers.
- The Hadith connects correct naming with justice before Allah.
- Lineage should be respected in the way people are addressed.
