Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1, record 159 of the digital edition

Translation

2. We were told by Hakim, Abu Hamid, Ahmad bin Hussain bin Hasan bin Ali in Balkh, that he said: We were told by Abdul-Mu’min bin Khalaf, that he said: I was told by Hasan bin Mahran al-Esbahani in Baghdad, that he said: I was told by Hasan bin Hamza bin Hammad bin Bahram al-Farsi, that he said: We were told by Abu’l-Qasim bin Aban al-Qazwini, from Abu Bakr al-Hadhali, from Hasan bin Abi’l-Hasan al-Basri, that he said: The Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, stepped up the pulpit and said: O people, mention my lineage. Let he who knows me mention my lineage, otherwise, I will my lineage by myself. I am Zaid bin Abd-Manaf bin ‘Amer bin Amru bin Mughaira ibn 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. He said: For Abdul-Muttalib are ten names, among them are: Abdul-Muttalib, Shayba and ‘Amer.

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