Name and Kuniya of Ahl Al-Bayt-asws:
| Masoom-asws | Kuniya[1] | |
| 1 | Prophet Mohammad-saww | Abul Qasim |
| 2 | Imam Ali-asws Ibn Abi Talib-asws | Hazrat Abul Hasan A.S., Abu Turaab, Ameerul Momeneen, |
| 3 | Syeda Fatimah-asws | Bibi Umme Abiha S.A. |
| 4 | Imam Hassan-asws | Abu Mohammad |
| 5 | Imam Hussain-asws | Aba Abdillah |
| 6 | Imam Ali-asws Ibn Hussain-asws | Abu Mohammad |
| 7 | Imam Mohammed-asws Ibn Ali-asws | Abu Jafar |
| 8 | Imam Jafar-asws Ibn Mohammed-asws | Aba Abdillah |
| 9 | Imam Musa-asws Ibn Jafar-asws | Abul Hasan Awwal, Abu Ibrahim |
| 10 | Imam Ali-asws Ibn Musa-asws | Abul Hasan Sani (the 2nd) |
| 11 | Imam Mohammed-asws Ibn Ali-asws | Abu Jaffer |
| 12 | Imam Ali-asws Ibn Mohammed-asws | Abul Hasan (the 3rd) Akhar |
| 13 | Imam Hassan-asws Ibn Ali-asws | Abu Mohammed |
| 14 | Imam Mohammed-asws Ibn Al-Hassan-asws | Abul Qasim |
Masomeen-asws have recommended us to use Kunia in order to avoid nicknames, e.g.,
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ السِّنْدِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) مَا تُكَنَّى قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا اكْتَنَيْتُ بَعْدُ وَ مَا لِي مِنْ وَلَدٍ وَ لَا امْرَأَةٍ وَ لَا جَارِيَةٍ قَالَ فَمَا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ حَدِيثٌ بَلَغَنَا عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ وَ مَا هُوَ قُلْتُ بَلَغَنَا عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنِ اكْتَنَى وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ أَهْلٌ فَهُوَ أَبُو جَعْرٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) شَوْهٌ لَيْسَ هَذَا مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّا لَنُكَنِّي أَوْلَادَنَا فِي صِغَرِهِمْ مَخَافَةَ النَّبَزِ أَنْ يَلْحَقَ بِهِمْ .
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, form Salih Bin Al Sandy, from Ja’far Bin Basheer, from Saeed Bin Khusaym, from Ma’mar Bin Khusaym who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said to me: ‘What is your teknonym?’ I said, ‘I have not teknonym yet, and there is no son for me, nor a wife, nor a slave girl’. He-asws said: ‘So what prevents you from that?’ He said, ‘I said, ‘A Hadeeth which was reached us from Ali-asws’. He-asws said: ‘And what is it?’ I said, ‘It has reached us from Ali-asws having said: ‘The one who teknonyms (himself) and there is no family for him, so he is the father of dung’. So Abu Ja’far-asws said: ‘Falsified! This is not from a Hadeeth of Ali-asws. We-asws teknonym our-asws children in their childhood, for fear of the nickname being attached with them’.[2]
[1] Teknonym in Arabic names, the name of an adult derived from his or her eldest child.
[2] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Aqeeqa Ch 10 H 11