Sunan Abi Dawud · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الرَّجُلِ يَتَكَنَّى وَلَيْسَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ

Chapter: Giving a man a kunyah when he does not have a son.

1 hadith · references 4969–4969

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Abu Dawud · 4969كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْنَا ، وَلِي أَخٌ صَغِيرٌ يُكْنَى : أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ ، وَكَانَ لَهُ نُغَرٌ يَلْعَبُ بِهِ فَمَاتَ ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ Anas bin Malik said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to come to visit us. I had a younger brother who was called Abu ‘Umair by Kunyah (surname). He had a sparrow with which he played, but it died. So one day the prophet ﷺ 4 narrators