It is narrated from Zayd bin Aslam that he said: I saw an elderly man in Alexandria who was called "Surraq" (little thief). I asked him: What kind of name is this? He said: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me this name, and I will never abandon it. I asked: Why did he (peace and blessings be upon him) give you this name? He said: I came to Madinah and made the people believe that my trade goods were coming, so they did business with me, and I consumed their wealth. They took me to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are Surraq (a deceiving thief)." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) sold me for four camels. Then the creditors asked those who had bought me: What will you do with him? They said: We will free him. The creditors said: We too do not want to be behind you in the reward of the Hereafter. So they all together freed me, and this name of mine stayed with me. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.