Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ وَجَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ كَنَّانِي بِبَقْلَةٍ كُنْتُ أَجْتَنِيهَا يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.
English Translation
Aswad told us: Sharik told us, from Asim, from Anas, and Jabir, from Abu Nadra, from Anas, he said: He - meaning the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him - gave me a nickname after a plant that I used to gather.