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Firstly: As was hinted before also, it is not necessary that only
these persons were having those names and it was not due to attachment to them,
because naming as Uthman was not after the third Caliph or due to attachment
with him, on the contrary, His Eminence himself clarified that it was due to
attachment with Uthman bin Mazun and not Uthman bin Affan, the third Ahle
Sunnat Caliph.
I named my son on the name of my brother, Uthman bin Mazun.[1]
Furthermore, Ibne Hajar Asqalani has mentioned the names of
twenty-six persons from the companions of the Prophet who were named as Uthman.
How can it be said that Amirul Momineen (a) named one of his sons Uthman due to
his attachment to Uthman bin Affan, the third Ahle Sunnat Caliph?
There is no doubt that some Shia were and are extremely hateful
to Yazid bin Muawiyah and his evil deeds; but at the same time we see that
among Shia and companions of the Holy Imams (a) there are persons named as
Yazid.
Among companions of the Holy Imams (a) we find the names of:
Yazid bin Hatim a companion of Imam Sajjad (a), Yazid bin Abdul
Malik, Yazid Saigh, Yazid Kunnasi among the companions of Imam Muhammad Baqir (a);
Yazid Sher, Yazid bin Khalifa, Yazid bin Khalil, Yazid bin Umar bin Talha,
Yazid bin Farqad and Yazid, the freed slave of Hakam among the companions of
Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a); so much that one of the companions of Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a)
was named Shimr bin Yazid.[2]
Now, can it be said that these namings were due to the attachment
of Shia with Yazid bin Muawiyah and Shimr bin Ziljaushan?
Or for example, before the Islamic revolution of Iran a large
number of people had named themselves as Muhammad Reza, can anyone say that it
was due to attachment and good relations with Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, the former
dethroned Shah of Iran, that they named their sons after him?
If the naming was to express fondness for the personalities why
the second Caliph issued a proclamation that no one has the right to name any
of his children on names of prophets, including the Messenger of Allah (s)?
Ibne Battal and Ibne Hajar in their commentaries of Sahih
Bukhari have mentioned:
Umar ordered the people of Kufa not to name their children after
any of the prophets.[3]
Aini has stated in Umdatul Qari:
Umar ordered the people of Kufa not to name their children on the
Prophet. In the same way, he ordered some people of Medina , except some companions of Prophet to
change the names of their children who were initially named Muhammad and they
did so.[4]
According to the narration of Shaykh Mufeed, the name of one of
the sons of Imam Hasan Mujtaba (a) was Amr. Can it be said that this was due to
its similarity with the name of Amr bin Abde Wadd or Amr bin Hisham, which was
the actual name of Abu Jahl[5]?
For those who claim that these namings were due to good relations
of Amirul Momineen (a) with Caliphs, the reply is that if it was as such, why
this friendship was one-sided and the Caliphs did not name their children as
Ali, Hasan, Husain, Fatima, who were also the Ahle Bayt (a) of the Messenger of
Allah (s)? Can friendship be one-sided?
The conclusion is that the selection of these names cannot be
considered to have been on the names of Caliphs and indicate their attachment
with persons under question and proof of good relation and denial of martyrdom
of Lady Zahra (s).
[1] Maqatilut
Talibiyyin, Vol. 1, Pg. 23, Abul Faraj Ali bin Husain Isfahani (d. 356).
[2] Jamiur
Ruwaat Wazahatuk Istibahaat an Tarq wal Asnad, Vol. 1, Pg. 402, Muhammad
bin Ali Ardebeli Gharvi, (d. 1101 A.H.), Maktaba Muhammadi.
[3] Sharh
Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 9, Pg. 344, Abdul Hasan Ali bin Khalaf bin Abdul Malik
Ibne Battal Bakri Qurtubi (d. A.H.), Edited: Abu Tamim Yasir bin Ibrahim,
Maktabe Rushd – Saudia/Riyadh, 2nd Edition, 1423 A.H. – 2003 A.D.
Fathul Bari Sharh Sahih
Bukhari, Vol. 10, Pg. 572, Abul Fadhl Ahmad bin Ali bin Hajar Asqalani
Shafei (d. 852 A.H.), Darul Marifa, Beirut – 1379, Edited: Muhibuddin Khatib.
[4] Umdatul
Qari Sharh Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 15, Pg. 39, Badruddin Mahmud bin Ahmad Aini
(d. 855 A.H.), Darul Ahya Turath Arabi, Beirut .
[5] Al-Irshad
fee Marifat Hujajullah Alal Ibaad, Vol. 2, Pg. 20 Chapter of the male
children of Hasan bin Ali (a). Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Noman Ibne Muallim Abi
Abdullah Akbari Shaykh Mufeed Baghdadi (d. 413 A.H.), Edited: Mausisa Aalul
Bayt (a) li Tahqiqut Turath, Darul Mufeed Lit Taba wan Nashat wa Tauzih –
Beirut – Lebanon, Second edition, 1414 A.H. – 1993 A.D.