Chapter 247
Remembrance 1 from Chapter 247
The permissibility of shortening a person’s name, as long as he is not offended by it
Context
IT HAS BEEN reported in the Ṣaḥīḥ, from many sources, that the Messenger of Allah 
shortened the names of a number of his Companions. For example, he addressed Abū Hurayrah 
as “Abū Hirr.” [1].He also said to ‘Ā’ishah 
“O ‘Ā’ish”, [2].and to Anjashah “O Anjash”.
References
[1] Al-Bukhārī (2601).
[2] Al-Bukhārī (3768), Muslim (2447), Abū Dāwūd (5232), at-Tirmidhī (3876), and an-Nasā’ī (7/69).