Al-Khiṣāl - Part 5: On Five-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 5: On Five-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: The Five Names of Mecca 5-22 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله قال: حدثني أح٠د بن أبي نصر البزنطي قال: حدثنا أي٠ار، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلا٠كة وبكة، والبساسة كانوا إذا ظل٠5-22 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr al-Bazanty, on the authority of Aiman ibn Mohraz, on the authority of Muawiyah ibn Ammar that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “Mecca has five names.

They are, ‘Ummul Qura, Mecca, Becca, Bassasa since anyone who performed any acts of oppression there was deported from it and destroyed, and ‘Umma Ruhm since they had mercy with whomever took refuge there.”