156. Tafsir al-‘Ayyāshi, narrating from Rib‘i ibn ‘Abdullah who said: “Abu ‘Abdullah [al-Sādiq] (a.s.) was asked: “May I be your ransom! We name [our offspring] by your names and the names of your fathers, does this benefit us?”
He said: “By Allah, yes it does, and is religion anything but love? Allah has said: ‘… If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive your sins...”¹²

157. al-Kāfi, narrating from Ibn Mayyāh from Fulān ibn Hamid who said that he asked and sought advice from Abu ‘Abdullah [al-Sādiq] (a.s.) about the name of his son. The Imām said: “Name him by a name that indicates servitude.”
He said: “What are those names?”
He (a.s.) said: “[Names] like ‘Abd al-Rahmān.”³

158. Imām al-Kāzim (a.s.) said: “Poverty will not enter the house that has someone from the men with the name of Muhammad, Ahmad, ‘Ali, Hasan, Husain, Ja‘far, Tālib, or ‘Abdullah, or from among the women with the name Fātimah.”⁴

159. Imām Hasan al-‘Askari (a.s.) said to Ja‘far ibn Sharif al-Jurjāni: “May Allah thank and reward Abu Ishāq Ibrāhim ibn Ismā‘il for his service to our followers, and may He forgive his sins and bless him with a good son who believes in the truth. Tell him that al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali says: “Name your son Ahmad.”⁵

160. Kashf al-Ghummah, narrating from Ja‘far ibn Muhammad al-Qalānisi, who said: “My brother Muhammad wrote to Abu Muhammad [al-‘Askari] (a.s.) while his wife was pregnant and close to delivering and asked him (a.s.) to pray to Allah to relieve her [from pain] and to bless him with a son and to choose a name for the newborn. The Imām wrote back in answer to him, praying to Allah for his well being and said: “May Allah bestow upon you a healthy son and Muhammad and ‘Abd al-Rahmān are good names.”
Then his wife gave birth to twins and he named one of them Muhammad and the other ‘Abd al-Rahmān.”⁶

156.تفسير العياشي عن ربعي بن عبدالله‏: قيلَ لِأَبي عَبدِ الله‏ِ علیه السلام : جُعِلتُ فِداكَ إِنّا نُسَمِّي بِأَسمائِكُم و أَسماءِ آبائِكُم، فَيَنفَعُنا ذلِكَ؟
فَقالَ: إِي وَ اللهِ‏ِ، و هَلِ الدّينُ إلّا الحُبُّ؟ قالَ اللهُ‏ُ: «إِن كُنتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِى يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ»¹ . ²

157.الكافي عن ابنِ مَيَّاحٍ، عَن فُلانِ بنِ حَميدٍ: أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أَبا عَبدِ اللهِ‏ِ علیه السلام وشاوَرَهُ فِي اسمِ وَلَدِهِ، فَقالَ: سَمِّهِ بِأَسماءٍ مِنَ العُبُودِيَّةِ. فَقالَ: أَيُّ الأَسماءِ هُوَ؟ فَقالَ: عَبدُ الرَّحمنِ.³

158.الإمام الكاظم علیه السلام : لا يَدخُلُ الفَقرُ بَيتا فيهِ اسمُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَو أَحمَدَ أَو عَلِيٍ أَوِ الحَسَنِ أَوِ الحُسَينِ أَو جَعفَرٍ أَو طالِبٍ أَو عَبدِ الله‏ِ، أَو فاطِمَةَ مِنَ النِّساءِ.⁴

159.الإمام العسكري علیه السلام ـ لِجَعفَرِ بنِ الشَّريفِ الجُرجانِيِّ ـ: شَكَرَ الله‏ُ لِأَبي إِسحاقَ إِبراهيمَ بنِ إسماعيلَ صَنيعَتَهُ إِلى شيعَتِنا، و غَفَرَ لَهُ ذُنوبَهُ، و رَزَقَهُ ذَكَراً سَوِيّاً قائِلاً بِالحَقِّ، فَقُل لَهُ: يَقولُ لَكَ الحَسَنُ بنُ عَليٍّ: سَمِّ ابنَكَ أَحمَدَ.⁵

160.كَشفُ الغمّة عن جعفر بن محمد القلانِسيِ: كَتَبَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَخي إِلى أَبي مُحَمَّدٍ علیه السلام ـ وَ امرَأَتُهُ حامِلٌ مُقرِبٌ ـ أَن يَدعُوَ اللهَ‏َ أَن يُخَلِّصَها و يَرزُقَهُ ذَكَراً، و يُسَمِّيَهُ. فَكَتَبَ يَدعُو اللهَ‏َ بِالصَّلاحِ وَ يَقولُ: رَزَقَكَ اللهُ‏ُ ذَكَراً سَوِيّاً، و نِعمَ الاِسمُ مُحَمَّدٌ و عَبدُ الرَّحمنِ. فَوَلَدَت اثنَين... فَسَمَّى واحِداً مُحَمَّداً، وَ الآخَرَ... عَبدَ الرَّحمنِ.⁶