#5387

It was narrated from Shuraih bin Hani' from his father, that:When he came to the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and he heard them calling Hani' by the nickname of Abu Al-Hakam, the Messenger of Allah [SAW] called him and said to him: "Allah is Al-Hakam (the Judge) and judgment is His. Why are you known as Abu Al-Hakam?" He said: "If my people differ concerning something, they come to me, and I pass judgment among them, and both sides accept it." He said: "How good this is. Do you have any children?" He said: "I have Shuraih, and 'Abdullah, and Muslim." He said: "Who is the eldest of them?" He said: "Shuraih." He said: "Then you are Abu Shuraih," and he supplicated for him and his son

اخبرنا قتيبة، قال حدثنا يزيد، وهو ابن المقدام بن شريح {عن ابيه،} عن شريح بن هاني، عن ابيه، هاني انه لما وفد الى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم سمعه وهم يكنون هانيا ابا الحكم فدعاه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال له " ان الله هو الحكم واليه الحكم فلم تكنى ابا الحكم ". فقال ان قومي اذا اختلفوا في شىء اتوني فحكمت بينهم فرضي كلا الفريقين. قال " ما احسن من هذا فما لك من الولد ". قال لي شريح وعبد الله ومسلم. قال " فمن اكبرهم ". قال شريح. قال " فانت ابو شريح ". فدعا له ولولده