Salmaan Al-Faarisi, may Allaah be pleased with him, nicknamed Abu ‘Abdullaah

6-5-2007 | IslamWeb

Question:

Did Salmaan Al-Faarisi, may Allaah be pleased with him, get married and have children, because in the book Men Around the Messenger, by Khalid Muhammad Khalid, somebody addressed him as Abu ‘Abdullaah?
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.

Salmaan Al-Faarisi may Allaah be pleased with him was nicknamed Abu 'Abdullaah. He may Allaah have mercy upon him did marry, as Ibn Hajar may Allaah have mercy upon him stated, "He married a woman from the tribe of Kindah." However, we have not come across any statement that he had a son named 'Abdullaah in any of the books of biography and history.

Nonetheless, the biographers who wrote about his life stated that he may Allaah have mercy upon him had three daughters, and there is no religious obstacle for a man or a woman to be nicknamed even if they had no children at all, or even if they did not have a child with the nickname they were given. 'Aa'ishah may Allaah be pleased with her said, “O Messenger of Allaah, all my female friends have a nickname.” He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “Take the nickname of your son 'Abdullaah (meaning the son of her sister).” [Abu Daawood] Furthermore, Anas may Allaah be pleased with him narrated, “The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, used to socialize with us (when we were children) and he, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, used to call my little brother: “O Abu 'Umayr, what happened to the small bird, (giving him a nickname)?” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Allaah Knows best.

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