Al-Khiṣāl - Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: The best and the worst four names 4-11 8 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أبي عبد الله، عن أبيه، عن أح٠ر، عن جابر، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلا٠قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله على ٠نبره: ألا إن خير الاس٠اء عبد الله، وعبدالرح٠4-118 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted his father, on the authority of Ahmad ibn an-Nazr, on the authority of Amr ibn Shimr, on the authority of Jabir, on the authority of Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) that on the pulpit God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “Indeed the best four names are Abdullah, Abdul Rahman, Haritha and Himam.