Muhammad ibn ʿAmr transmitted—through Abu Salamah—from Abu Hurayrah, whose name is given here as ʿAbd Shams. Ibn Khuzaymah declared the chain sound and said, “This points to the fact that his name was ʿAbd Shams.”

This isnad is superior to the report of Sufyan ibn Husayn from al-Zuhri, unless he (Abu Hurayrah) originally bore two separate names.

ʿUmar ibn ʿAli related: Sufyan ibn Husayn narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from al-Muḥarrar, who said, “My father’s name was ʿAbd ʿAmr ibn ʿAbd Ghanm.” (1)

Al-Dhuhli remarked, “Of all the versions, this one sits best with me,” and al-Nasaʾi relied upon it. (2)

Abu Ismaʿil al-Muʾaddib narrated—from al-Aʿmash, from Abu Ṣāliḥ, from Abu Hurayrah—whose name was ʿAbd al-Raḥman ibn Ṣakhr. (3)

Abu Maʿshar Najīḥ reported—from Muḥammad ibn Qays—who said:
“Abu Hurayrah used to say, ‘Do not address me as Abu Hurayrah; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ nicknamed me Abu Hir.’ He then said, ‘May your mother be bereft of you, Abu Hir! The male is better than the female.’” (4)

And Kathīr ibn Zayd narrated—from al-Walīd ibn Rabāḥ—that Abu Hurayrah used to say, “The Prophet ﷺ used to call me Abu Hir.” (5)

Rawḥ ibn ʿUbādah narrated to us: Usāmah ibn Zayd related, from ʿAbd Allah ibn Rāfiʿ, who said, “I said to Abu—”