Mughira bin Shubah reported: When I came to Najran, they (the Christians of Najran) asked me: You read "O sister of Harun" (i. e. Hadrat Maryam) in the Quran, whereas Moses (علیہ السلام) was born much before Jesus. When I came back to Allahs Messenger ﷺ I asked him about that, whereupon he said: The (people of the old age) used to give names (to their persons) after the names of Apostles and pious persons who had gone before them.