Will One Be Called by the Mother’s Name in the Grave or at the Resurrection?

Question

Will the deceased be called by the father’s name in the grave or at the Resurrection (hashr)? In “Sunan Abi Dawud” there is a hadith transmitted from Hazrat Abu al-Darda’ ﵁: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Give yourselves good names, for at the Resurrection you will be called by the names of your fathers and forefathers.” Kindly give the proof from hadith and the Holy Qur’an.

Answer

No strong hadith about being called at the Resurrection with attribution to the mother has come to my notice. However, in “Badhl al-Majhud” (the commentary on “Sunan Abi Dawud”), vol. 5, p. 267, it is quoted: [ar]قَدْ جَاءَ فِي بَعْضِ الرِّوَايَاتِ أَنَّهُ يُدْعَى النَّاسُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِأَسْمَاءِ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ، فَقِيلَ: الْحِكْمَةُ فِيهِ سَتْرُ حَالِ أَوْلَادِ…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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