Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1, record 158 of the digital edition

Translation

1. We were told by Ali bin Isa al-Mujawir, may Allah be pleased with him, in the Mosque of Kufa, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Muhammed bin Bandar, from his father, from Muhammed bin Ali al-Maqarri, from Muhammed bin Sinan, from Malik ibn ‘Atiya, from Thuwayr bin Sa’eed, from his father, Sa’eed bin ‘Ilaqa, from Hasan al-Basri, that he said: The Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, stepped up the pulpit of Basra and said: O people, mention my lineage. Let he who knows me mention my lineage, otherwise, I will mention my lineage by myself. I am Zaid bin Abd-Manaf bin ‘Amer bin Amru bin Mughaira bin Zaid bin Kilab. Then Ibn al-Kawwa’ stood up to him and said to him: O you, we do not know for you any lineage except that you are Ali bin Abi Talib ibn Abdul-Muttalib bin Hashim bin Abd-Manaf bin Qusay bin Kilab. Then he said to him: O ignoble, indeed, my father named me Zaid, by the name of his grandfather, Qusay, and the name of my father is Abd-Manaf, then the nickname overtook the name, and indeed, the name of Abdul-Muttalib is ‘Amer, then the nickname overtook the name, and the name of Hashim is Amru, then the nickname overtook the name, and the name of Abd-Manaf is Mughaira, then the nickname overtook the name, and indeed, the name Qusayy is Zaid, then the Arabs named him jointly due to that he had gathered them from the farthest land to Mecca, then the nickname overtook the name.

Translation: Basel Kadem — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.