Do not narrate to Abu Talha about his son until I narrate it to him. Abu Talha came (home) ; she presented to him the supper. He took it and drank water. She then embellished herself which she did not do before. He (Abu Talha) had a sexual intercourse with her and when she saw that he was satisfied after sexual intercourse with her, she said: Abu Talha, if some people borrow something from another family and then (the members of the family) ask for its return, would they resist its return? He said: No. She said: I inform you about the death of your son. He was annoyed, and said: You did not inform me until I had a sexual intercourse with you and you later on gave me information about my son. He went to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him what had happened. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: May Allah bless both of you in the night spent by you!

He (the narrator) said: She became pregnant. Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) was in the course of a journey and she was along with him and when Messenger of Allah ﷺ came back to Medina from the journey he did not enter (his house) (during the night). When the people came near Medina, she felt the pangs of delivery. He (Abu Talha) remained with her and Messenger of Allah ﷺ proceeded on. Abu Talha said: O Lord, you know that I love to go along with Messenger of Allah when he goes out and enter along with him when he enters and I have been detained as Thou seest. Umm Sulaim said: Abu Talha, I do not feel (so much pain) as I was feeling formerly, so better proceed on. So we proceeded on and she felt the pangs of delivery as they reached (Medina) and a child was born and my mother said to me: Anas, none should suckle him until you go to Messenger of Allah ﷺ tomorrow morning. And when it was morning I carried him (the child) and went along with him to Messenger of Allah (may peace beupon him). He said: I saw that he had in his hand the instrument for the cauterisation of the camels. When he saw me. he said: This is, perhaps, what Umm Sulaim has given birth to. I said: Yes. He laid down that instrument on the ground. I brought that child to him and placed it in his lap and Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked Ajwa dates of Medina to be brought and softened them in his month. When these had become palatable he placed them in the mouth of that child. The child began to taste them. Then Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: See what love the Ansar have for dates. He then wiped his face and named him 'Abdullah.  

مَاتَ ابْنٌ لأَبِي طَلْحَةَ مِنْ أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ فَقَالَتْ لأَهْلِهَا لاَ تُحَدِّثُوا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ بِابْنِهِ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَنَا أُحَدِّثُهُ قَالَ فَجَاءَ فَقَرَّبَتْ إِلَيْهِ عَشَاءً فَأَكَلَ وَشَرِبَ فَقَالَ ثُمَّ تَصَنَّعَتْ لَهُ أَحْسَنَ مَا كَانَ تَصَنَّعُ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَوَقَعَ بِهَا فَلَمَّا رَأَتْ أَنَّهُ قَدْ شَبِعَ وَأَصَابَ مِنْهَا قَالَتْ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّ قَوْمًا أَعَارُوا عَارِيَتَهُمْ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ فَطَلَبُوا عَارِيَتَهُمْ أَلَهُمْ أَنْ يَمْنَعُوهُمْ قَالَ لاَ قَالَتْ فَاحْتَسِبِ ابْنَكَ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ وَقَالَ تَرَكْتِنِي حَتَّى تَلَطَّخْتُ ثُمَّ أَخْبَرْتِنِي بِابْنِي فَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمَا كَانَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكُمَا فِي غَابِرِ لَيْلَتِكُمَا

قَالَ فَحَمَلَتْ قَالَ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ وَهِيَ مَعَهُ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَتَى الْمَدِينَةَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ لاَ يَطْرُقُهَا طُرُوقًا فَدَنَوْا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَضَرَبَهَا الْمَخَاضُ فَاحْتُبِسَ عَلَيْهَا أَبُو طَلْحَةَ وَانْطَلَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَقُولُ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ إِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّهُ يُعْجِبُنِي أَنْ أَخْرُجَ مَعَ رَسُولِكَ إِذَا خَرَجَ وَأَدْخُلَ مَعَهُ إِذَا دَخَلَ وَقَدِ احْتُبِسْتُ بِمَا تَرَى قَالَ تَقُولُ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ مَا أَجِدُ الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَجِدُ انْطَلِقْ فَانْطَلَقْنَا قَالَ وَضَرَبَهَا الْمَخَاضُ حِينَ قَدِمَا فَوَلَدَتْ غُلاَمًا فَقَالَتْ لِي أُمِّي يَا أَنَسُ لاَ يُرْضِعُهُ أَحَدٌ حَتَّى تَغْدُوَ بِهِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ احْتَمَلْتُهُ فَانْطَلَقْتُ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَصَادَفْتُهُ وَمَعَهُ مِيسَمٌ فَلَمَّا رَآنِي قَالَ لَعَلَّ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ وَلَدَتْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَوَضَعَ الْمِيسَمَ قَالَ وَجِئْتُ بِهِ فَوَضَعْتُهُ فِي حَجْرِهِ وَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِعَجْوَةٍ مِنْ عَجْوَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَلاَكَهَا فِي فِيهِ حَتَّى ذَابَتْ ثُمَّ قَذَفَهَا فِي فِي الصَّبِيِّ فَجَعَلَ الصَّبِيُّ يَتَلَمَّظُهَا قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ انْظُرُوا إِلَى حُبِّ الأَنْصَارِ التَّمْرَ قَالَ فَمَسَحَ وَجْهَهُ وَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ  

Do not narrate to Abu Talha about his son until I narrate it to him. Abu Talha came (home) ; she presented to him the supper. He took it and drank water. She then embellished herself which she did not do before. He (Abu Talha) had a sexual intercourse with her and when she saw that he was satisfied after sexual intercourse with her, she said: Abu Talha, if some people borrow something from another family and then (the members of the family) ask for its return, would they resist its return? He said: No. She said: I inform you about the death of your son. He was annoyed, and said: You did not inform me until I had a sexual intercourse with you and you later on gave me information about my son. He went to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him what had happened. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: May Allah bless both of you in the night spent by you! He (the narrator) said: She became pregnant. Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) was in the course of a journey and she was along with him and when Messenger of Allah ﷺ came back to Medina from the journey he did not enter (his house) (during the night). When the people came near Medina, she felt the pangs of delivery. He (Abu Talha) remained with her and Messenger of Allah ﷺ proceeded on. Abu Talha said: O Lord, you know that I love to go along with Messenger of Allah when he goes out and enter along with him when he enters and I have been detained as Thou seest. Umm Sulaim said: Abu Talha, I do not feel (so much pain) as I was feeling formerly, so better proceed on. So we proceeded on and she felt the pangs of delivery as they reached (Medina) and a child was born and my mother said to me: Anas, none should suckle him until you go to Messenger of Allah ﷺ tomorrow morning. And when it was morning I carried him (the child) and went along with him to Messenger of Allah (may peace beupon him). He said: I saw that he had in his hand the instrument for the cauterisation of the camels. When he saw me. he said: This is, perhaps, what Umm Sulaim has given birth to. I said: Yes. He laid down that instrument on the ground. I brought that child to him and placed it in his lap and Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked Ajwa dates of Medina to be brought and softened them in his month. When these had become palatable he placed them in the mouth of that child. The child began to taste them. Then Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: See what love the Ansar have for dates. He then wiped his face and named him 'Abdullah. (Using translation from Muslim 2144d)  

لِأَهْلِهَا لَا تُحَدِّثُوا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ بِابْنِهِ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَنَا أُحَدِّثُهُ قَالَ فَجَاءَ فَقَرَّبَتْ إِلَيْهِ عَشَاءً فَأَكَلَ وَشَرِبَ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَصَنَّعَتْ لَهُ أَحْسَنَ مَا كَانَتْ تَصَنَّعُ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَوَقَعَ بِهَا فَلَمَّا رَأَتْ أَنَّهُ قَدْ شَبِعَ وَأَصَابَ مِنْهَا قَالَتْ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ أَرَأَيْتَ أَنَّ قَوْمًا أَعَارُوا عَارِيَتَهُمْ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ وَطَلَبُوا عَارِيَتَهُمْ أَلَهُمْ أَنْ يَمْنَعُوهُمْ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَتْ فَاحْتَسِبْ ابْنَكَ فَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمَا كَانَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَارَكَ اللهُ لَكُمَا فِي غَابِرِ لَيْلَتِكُمَا قَالَ فَحَمَلَتْ قَالَ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ وَهِيَ مَعَهُ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَتَى الْمَدِينَةَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ لَا يَطْرُقُهَا طُرُوقًا فَدَنَوْا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَضَرَبَهَا الْمَخَاضُ وَاحْتَبَسَ عَلَيْهَا أَبُو طَلْحَةَ وَانْطَلَقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ يُعْجِبُنِي أَنْ أَخْرُجَ مَعَ رَسُولِكَ إِذَا خَرَجَ وَأَدْخُلَ مَعَهُ إِذَا دَخَلَ وَقَدِ احْتَبَسْتُ بِمَا تَرَى قَالَ تَقُولُ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ مَا أَجِدُالَّذِي كُنْتُ أَجِدُ فَانْطَلَقْنَا قَالَ وَضَرَبَهَا الْمَخَاضُ حِينَ قَدِمُوا فَوَلَدَتْ غُلَامًا فَقَالَتْ لِي أُمِّي يَا أَنَسُ لَا يُرْضِعَنَّهُ أَحَدٌ حَتَّى تَغْدُوَ بِهِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ احْتَمَلْتُهُ وَانْطَلَقْتُ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَصَادَفْتُهُ وَمَعَهُ مِيسَمٌ فَلَمَّا رَآنِي قَالَ لَعَلَّ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ وَلَدَتْ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَوَضَعَ الْمِيسَمَ قَالَ فَجِئْتُ بِهِ فَوَضَعْتُهُ فِي حِجْرِهِ قَالَ وَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَجْوَةٍ مِنْ عَجْوَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَلَاكَهَا فِي فِيهِ حَتَّى ذَابَتْ ثُمَّ قَذَفَهَا فِي فِي الصَّبِيِّ فَجَعَلَ الصَّبِيُّ يَتَلَمَّظُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ انْظُرُوا إِلَى حُبِّ الْأَنْصَارِ التَّمْرَ قَالَ فَمَسَحَ وَجْهَهُ وَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ اللهِ  

[Machine] Mother of Sulaiman, do not inform Abu Talhah until I am the one who informs him. So, she concealed it from him. When Abu Talhah came, she placed food before him and he ate, then she adorned herself for him. He had intercourse with her and she became pregnant from it. She gave birth to a boy, who she tied to a bedpost and said, "O Abu Talhah, the family of so-and-so borrowed from the family of so-and-so a piece of cloth. They sent word to them to send it back, but they refused to return it." Abu Talhah said, "They have no right to do that. Indeed, a borrowed item is due to be returned to its owner." She said, "Your son was borrowed from Allah ﷻ and Allah ﷻ has taken him back." So, Abu Talhah went to his son Anas and informed the Prophet ﷺ of what happened. The Prophet ﷺ said, "May Allah ﷻ bless their night." She became pregnant again and gave birth to another boy. She sent me as a messenger with the boy to the Prophet ﷺ, while I was carrying dates. I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he had a cloak on, while he was grooming a camel. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "Do you have dates?" I said, "Yes." So, he took the dates and threw them into the vessel. He then gathered his saliva and drops of water from his mouth and poured it on the dates. He then put it in the baby's mouth and he suckled from it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Love for the Ansar is in their love for dates." He softened it for him and named him Abdullah. There was no young man among the Ansar who was more superior than him.  

أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ لَا تُخْبِرُوا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَنَا الَّذِي أُخْبِرُهُ فَسَجَّتْ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ وَضَعَتْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ طَعَامًا فَأَكَلَ ثُمَّ تَطَيَّبَتْ لَهُ فَأَصَابَ مِنْهَا فَعَلِقَتْ بِغُلَامٍ فَقَالَتْ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ إِنَّ آلَ فُلَانٍ اسْتَعَارُوا مِنْ آلِ فُلَانٍ عَارِيَةً فَبَعَثُوا إِلَيْهِمْ ابْعَثُوا إِلَيْنَا بِعَارِيَتِنَافَأَبَوْا أَنْ يَرُدُّوهَا فَقَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ إِنَّ الْعَارِيَةَ مُؤَدَّاةٌ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا قَالَتْ فَإِنَّ ابْنَكَ كَانَ عَارِيَةً مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ وَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَدْ قَبَضَهُ فَاسْتَرْجَعَ قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَأُخْبِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ بَارَكَ اللهُ لَهُمَا فِي لَيْلَتِهِمَا قَالَ فَعَلِقَتْ بِغُلَامٍ فَوَلَدَتْ فَأَرْسَلَتْ بِهِ مَعِي أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَحَمَلْتُ تَمْرًا فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَلَيْهِ عَبَاءَةٌ وَهُوَ يَهْنَأُ بَعِيرًا لَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هَلْ مَعَكَ تَمْرٌ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَأَخَذَ التَّمَرَاتِ فَأَلْقَاهُنَّ فِي فِيهِ فَلَاكَهُنَّ ثُمَّ جَمَعَ لُعَابَهُ ثُمَّ فَغَرَ فَاهُ فَأَوْجَرَهُ إِيَّاهُ فَجَعَلَ الصَّبِيُّ يَتَلَمَّظُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حُبُّ الْأَنْصَارَ التَّمْرَ فَحَنَّكَهُ وَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ اللهِ فَمَا كَانَ فِي الْأَنْصَارِ شَابٌّ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ  

[Machine] "He (Abu Talhah) has no equal to you. But I am a Muslim woman and you are a disbelieving man, so it is not permissible for me to marry you. However, if you convert, that will be my dowry and I will not ask you for anything else." So he converted and she became his wife. They consummated the marriage and she became pregnant and gave birth to a boy in the morning. Abu Talhah loved him intensely. The boy lived until he was able to move, but then he fell ill and Abu Talhah was deeply saddened by him to the point of becoming physically weak. He would visit the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the day and stay there until the evening. The baby eventually passed away, and Umm Sulaym performed the necessary rituals for him, cleaned him, and placed him in their bed. Abu Talhah came and asked her, "How is our son doing?" She replied, "He is in the best condition since he fell ill. He had a peaceful night." Abu Talhah praised Allah and was pleased with that. She served him dinner, and after eating, he touched her in a subtle way, and she allowed it until they had intimate relations. Afterward, when he got up, he mentioned to her, "If you were to lend a neighbor of yours some priceless possessions and then he wanted to take them back, would you return them to him?" She replied, "By Allah, I would certainly return them to him." He said, "Is your own self valuable to you?" She said, "My own self is definitely valuable to me." He said, "Indeed, Allah has lent us a son and allowed us to enjoy him for as long as He wished, but then He took him back. So be patient and seek reward from Allah." Abu Talhah remained patient and then set off in the morning to visit the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and narrated to him the incident as told by Umm Sulaym. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "May Allah bless both of you in your night." Umm Sulaym became pregnant again, and this time the pregnancy was heavier. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Talhah, "When Umm Sulaym gives birth, bring the child to me." Abu Talhah wrapped the baby in a cloth and brought him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . The Messenger of Allah then chewed a date and placed it in the baby's mouth, and the baby immediately stopped crying. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Talhah, "The people of Madinah love dates." He smoothed the baby's hair, named him Abdullah, and made dua for him.  

لَهُ مَا مِثْلُكَ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ يُرَدُّ وَلَكِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ مَسْلِمَةٌ وَأَنْتَ رَجُلٌ كَافِرٌ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لِي أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَكَ فَإِنْ تُسْلِمْ فَذَلِكَ مَهْرِي لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهُ فَأَسْلَمَ فَكَانَتْ لَهُ فَدَخَلَ بِهَا فَحَمَلَتْ فَوَلَدَتْ غُلَامًا صَبِيحًا وَكَانَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ يُحِبُّهُ حُبًّا شَدِيدًا فَعَاشَ حَتَّى تَحَرَّكَ فَمَرِضَ فَحَزِنَ عَلَيْهِ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ حُزْنًا شَدِيدًا حَتَّى تَضَعْضَعَ قَالَ وَأَبُو طَلْحَةَ يَغْدُو عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَيَرُوحُ فَرَاحَ رَوْحَةً وَمَاتَ الصَّبِيُّ فَعَمَدَتْ إِلَيْهِ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ فَطَيَّبَتْهُ وَنَظَّفْتُهُ وَجَعَلَتْهُ فِي مِخْدَعِنَا فَأَتَى أَبُو طَلْحَةَ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ أَمْسَى بُنَيَّ؟ قَالَتْ بِخَيْرٍ مَا كَانَ مُنْذُ اشْتَكَى أَسْكَنَ مِنْهُ اللَّيْلَةَ قَالَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَسُرَّ بِذَلِكَ فَقَرَّبَتْ لَهُ عَشَاءَهُ فَتَعَشَّى ثُمَّ مَسَّتْ شَيْئًا مِنْ طِيبٍ فَتَعَرَّضَتْ لَهُ حَتَّى وَاقَعَ بِهَا فَلَمَّا تَعَشَّى وَأَصَابَ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ قَالَتْ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ رَأَيْتَ لَوَ أَنَّ جَارًا لَكَ أَعَارَكَ عَارِيَّةً فَاسْتَمْتَعْتَ بِهَا ثُمَّ أَرَادَ أَخْذَهَا مِنْكَ أَكُنْتَ رَادَّهَا عَلَيْهِ؟ فَقَالَ إِي وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ لَرَادُّهَا عَلَيْهِ قَالَتْ طَيْبَةً بِهَا نَفْسُكَ؟ قَالَ طَيْبَةً بِهَا نَفْسِي قَالَتْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَعَارَكَ بُنَيَّ وَمَتَّعَكَ بِهِ مَا شَاءَ ثُمَّ قُبِضَ إِلَيْهِ فَاصْبِرْ وَاحْتَسَبَ قَالَ فَاسْتَرْجَعَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ وَصَبَرَ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحَ غَادِيًا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَحَدَّثَهُ حَدِيثَ أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ كَيْفَ صَنَعَتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكُمَا فِي لَيْلَتِكُمَا» قَالَ وَحَمَلَتْ تِلْكَ الْوَاقِعَةَ فَأَثْقَلَتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ «إِذَا وَلَدَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ فَجِئْنِي بِوَلَدِهَا» فَحَمَلَهُ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ فِي خِرْقَةٍ فَجَاءَ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَمَضَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَمْرَةً فَمَجَّهَا فِي فِيهِ فَجَعَلَ الصَّبِيُّ يَتَلَمَّظُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ «حِبُّ الْأَنْصَارِ التَّمْرَ» فَحَنَّكَهُ وَسَمَّى عَلَيْهِ وَدَعَا لَهُ وَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to say, "What happened to Abu Umair?" He (Abu Talhah) replied, "He fell ill, and Abu Talhah was absent in one of his gardens. The child died, so Umm Sulaim washed, shrouded, and perfumed him, and she put a cloth on him and said, 'No one should inform Abu Talhah until I inform him myself.' Then Abu Talhah came in angrily as he was fasting, so Umm Sulaim prepared herself for him and made herself presentable. She brought him his dinner, and he asked, 'What did Abu Umair do?' She replied, 'He had dinner and afterwards he was gone.' He said, 'Then I will also have dinner.' He ate from it what a man would eat from his family, and then she said, 'O Abu Talhah, have you seen a people who would lend their clothes to another family naked? So their owners may ask them to return it, or they would keep it?' He replied, 'No, they would return it to them.' She said, 'Then be patient and have hope, O Abu Umair.' He became angry and went to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him of the words of Umm Sulaim. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'May Allah bless your night.' Then she gave birth to Abdullah bin Abu Talhah on the seventh day. Umm Sulaim said to me, 'O Anas, take this baby and this towel, and there is some ajwa dates in it, to the Prophet ﷺ so that he will massage and name him.' So I went to the Prophet ﷺ with the baby, and he extended his legs and laid him down in his bed, and he took a date, chewed it, and placed it in the mouth of the baby and rubbed it on his palate. Then he said, 'The Ansar would only love dates.'"  

فَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ مَا فَعَلَ النُّغَيْرُ؟ » قَالَ فَمَرِضَ وَأَبُو طَلْحَةَ غَائِبٌ فِي بَعْضِ حِيطَانِهِ فَهَلَكَ الصَّبِيُّ فَقَامَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ فَغَسَّلَتْهُ وَكَفَّنَتْهُ وَحَنَّطَتْهُ وَسَجَّتْ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبًا وَقَالَتْ لَا يَكُونُ أَحَدٌ يُخْبِرُ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَنَا الَّذِي أُخْبِرُهُ فَجَاءَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ كَالًّا وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ فَتَطَيَّبَتْ لَهُ وَتَصَنَّعَتْ لَهُ وَجَاءَتْ بِعَشَائِهِ فَقَالَ مَا فَعَلَ أَبُو عُمَيْرٍ فَقَالَتْ تَعَشَّى وَقَدْ فَرَغَ قَالَ فَتَعَشَّى وَأَصَابَ مِنْهَا مَا يُصِيبُ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَتْ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ أَرَأَيْتَ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ أَعَارُوا أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ عَارِيَّةً فَطَلَبَهَا أَصْحَابُهَا أَيَرُدُّونَهَا أَوْ يَحْبِسُونَهَا فَقَالَ بَلْ يَرُدُّونَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَتْ احْتَسِبْ أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ وَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِقَوْلِ أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ فَقَالَ ﷺ «بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكُمَا فِي غَابِرِ لَيْلَتِكُمَا» قَالَ فَحَمَلَتْ بِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ حَتَّى إِذَا وَضَعَتْ وَكَانَ يَوْمُ السَّابِعِ قَالَتْ لِي أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ يَا أَنَسُ اذْهَبْ بِهَذَا الصَّبِيِّ وَهَذَا الْمِكْتَلِ وَفِيهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ عَجْوَةٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هُوَ الَّذِي يُحَنِّكُهُ وَيُسَمِّيهِ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَمَدَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رِجْلَيْهِ وَأَضْجَعَهُ فِي حِجْرِهِ وَأَخَذَ تَمْرَةً فَلَاكَهَا ثُمَّ مَجَّهَا فِي فِيِّ الصَّبِيِّ فَجَعَلَ يَتَلَمَّظُهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَبَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ إِلَّا حُبَّ التَّمْرِ»  

[Machine] Umm Sulaim gave birth to a boy, but he became sick and his condition worsened. Then Umm Sulaim died, and Abu Talha went to the Prophet ﷺ . Abu Talha left the Prophet's presence when he was praying Maghrib. Umm Sulaim wrapped the child and placed him in a corner of her house. Abu Talha missed the child and Umm Sulaim told him that she had made a vow not to bring the child near him, as he had not had a peaceful night since he became sick. So she brought him close to him and he ate. Then she brought him something good and he also ate that. Then she approached Abu Talha and he ate as well. Abu Talha said, "O Abu Talha, if you had seen our neighbors borrowing from each other clothes until they thought we had given them to them, but when they returned them, they found in themselves regret for what they had done." She said, "Indeed, Allah had granted you Fulan (the child) and then He took him back from you, and He is more deserving of him than you." So the next day he went to the Prophet ﷺ in the morning, and informed him of the news. The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Allah, bless their night." Umm Sulaim became pregnant with Abdullah Ibn Abu Talha and she placed him at the end of the night. She said, "Do not wake him up until morning." When morning came, she washed him and made him happy. Then she called Anas and said, "O my son, take your brother to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ." Anas said, "So I went and carried him, and there was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ standing in his Izar (waist wrap) with a comb in his hand. He said, 'O Anas, what is this with you?' I said, 'My brother, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'Bring him to me.' So I presented him to him, and he called for a date and chewed it, and then he rubbed the child's gums. The child smiled, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The love of the Ansar is in dates.'"  

وَلَدَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ غُلَامًا فَاشْتَكَى فَاشْتَدَّ شَكْوُهُ ثُمَّ تُوُفِّيَ وَأَبُو طَلْحَةَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَانْصَرَفَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ حِينَ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ وَقَدْ لَفَتَّهُ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ وَجَعَلَتْهُ فِي نَاحِيَةٍ مِنْ بَيْتِهَا فَهَوَى إِلَيْهِ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ فَقَالَتْ عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ بِحَقِّي أَنْ لَا تُقَرِّبَهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ مُنْذُ اشْتَكَى خَيْرًا مِنْهُ اللَّيْلَةَ فَقَرَّبْتُ إِلَيْهِ فِطْرَهُ فَأَفْطَرَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَتْ طِيبًا فَأَصَابَتْهُ ثُمَّ دَنَتْ إِلَى أَبِي طَلْحَةَ فَأَصَابَهَا فَقَالَتْ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ لَوْ رَأَيْتَ جِيرَانًا أَعَارُوا جِيرَانًا لَهُمْ عَارِيَةً حَتَّى ظَنُّوا أَنْ قَدْ تَرَكُوهَا لَهُمْ فَلَمَّا طَلَبُوهَا مِنْهُمْ وَجَدُوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ قَالَ بِئْسَمَا صَنَعُوا فَقَالَتْ فَإِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَعَارَكَ فُلَانًا ثُمَّ قَبَضَهُ مِنْكَ وَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ فَغَدَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حِينَ أَصْبَحَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ الْخَبَرَ فَقَالَ اللهُمُّ بَارِكْ لَهُمَا فِي لَيْلَتِهِمَا فَحَمَلَتْ بِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ فَوَضَعَتْهُ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَتْ لَا تُهِجْهُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَتْ غَسَّلَتْهُ وَسَرَّرَتْهُ ثُمَّ دَعَتْ أَنَسًا فَقَالَتْ يَا بُنَيَّ اذْهَبْ بِأَخِيكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَأَقْبَلْتُ أَحْمِلُهُ وَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَائِمٌ فِي إِزَارٍ وَمَعَهُ مِسْحَاةٌ فَقَالَ يَا أَنَسُ مَا هَذَا مَعَكَ قُلْتُ أَخِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ نَاوِلْنِيهِ فَنَاوَلْتُهُ إِيَّاهُ فَدَعَا بِتَمْرٍ فَمَضَغَهُ ثُمَّ حَنَّكَهُ فَتَلَمَّظَ الصَّبِيُّ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «حُبُّ الْأَنْصَارِ التَّمْرَ»  

[Machine] "Do not inform Abu Talhah of the death of my son until I am the one who informs him," she said. So he came and she served him dinner and a drink. He ate and drank, then she prepared herself in the best way she had never done before. When he was full and satisfied, she revealed the news to him. When she realized that he had eaten and satisfied his need, she said, "O Abu Talhah, what if a family borrowed some clothes from another family, and then the borrowing family asked for their clothes back, would it be fair for them to keep the clothes?" He said, "No." She said, "Then be patient, and your son will be returned to you." He became angry and said, "You have left me, and now you tell me about the death of my son." He went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, did you not see what Umm Sulaim did?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "May Allah bless both of you in your night." He then went on to say that she became pregnant that night. She and Abu Talhah were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when she went into labor. Abu Talhah stayed with her, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ continued on. Abu Talhah said, "O Lord, you know that it pleases me to go out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he goes out and to enter with him when he enters. But this happened, so I will stay with her." He said this while feeling very distressed. The labor pains of Umm Sulaim began, and she gave birth to a baby boy. Her mother said to me, "O Anas, do not feed him anything until you take him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ tomorrow morning." Anas said, "So I spent that night comforting him as he cried until morning. I took the baby boy to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I found that he had a small date branch in his hand. When he saw the baby with me, he said, 'Perhaps Umm Sulaim gave birth?' I said, 'Yes.' He then placed the date branch in his mouth until it melted, then he put it in the mouth of the baby. The baby became peaceful, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Look at the love of the Ansar for dates.' He then wiped his face and named him Abdullah."  

لِأَهْلِهَا لَا تُحَدِّثُوا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ بِمَوْتِ ابْنِي حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَنَا الَّذِي أُحَدِّثُهُ قَالَ فَجَاءَ فَقَرَّبَتْ إِلَيْهِ عَشَاءَهُ وَشَرَابَهُ فَأَكَلَ وَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ تَصَنَّعَتْ لَهُ أَحْسَنَ مَا كَانَتْ تَصْنَعُ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا شَبِعَ وَرَوَى وَقَعَ بِهَا فَلَمَّا عَرَفَتْ أَنَّهُ قَدْ شَبِعَ وَرَوَى وَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُ مِنْهَا قَالَتْ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ أَعَارُوا عَارِيَتَهُمْ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ آخَرِينَ فَطَلَبُوا عَارِيَتَهُمْ أَلَهُمْ أَنْ يَحْبِسُوا عَارِيَتَهُمْ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَتْ فَاحْتَسِبِ ابْنَكَ قَالَتْ فَغَضِبَ ثُمَّ قَالَ تَرَكْتِينِي ثُمَّ تَلَطَّخْتُ بِمَا تَلَطَّخْتُ ثُمَّ تُحَدِّثِينِي بِمَوْتِ ابْنِي فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ صَنَعَتْ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «بَارَكَ اللهُ لَكُمَا فِي غَابِرِ لَيْلَتِكُمَا» قَالَ فَبَلَغَتْ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ فَحَمَلَتْ قَالَ فَهِيَ وَأَبُو طَلْحَةَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا دَنَوْا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَخَذَهَا الْمَخَاضُ فَاحْتَبَسَ عَلَيْهَا أَبُو طَلْحَةَ وَمَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَقُولُ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ يَا رَبُّ إِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُعْجِبُنِي أَنْ أَخْرَجَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا خَرَجَ وَأَدْخُلَ مَعَهُ إِذَا دَخَلَ فَهَذِهِ احْتَبَسَتْ بِمَا تَرَى قَالَ يَقُولُ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ تَقُولُ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ لَا أَجِدُ مَا كُنْتُ أَجِدُ فَانْطَلِقْ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى قَدِمَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَضَرَبَهَا الْمَخَاضُ فَوَلَدَتْ غُلَامًا فَقَالَتْ لِي أُمِّي يَا أَنَسُ لَا يَطْعَمْ شَيْئًا حَتَّى تَغْدُوَ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَبَتُّ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ أُكَالِئُهُ مَحْنِيًّا عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يَبْكِي حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ فَغَدَوْتُ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَوَجَدْتُ بِيَدِهِ مِيسَمًا فَلَمَّا رَأَى الصَّبِيُّ مَعِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَعَلَّ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ وَلَدَتْ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَوَضَعَ الْمِيسَمَ وَقَعَدَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِالصَّبِيِّ فَوَضَعْتُهُ فِي حِجْرِهِ فَدَعَا بِعَجْوَةٍ مِنْ عَجْوَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَلَاكَهَا فِي فَمِهِ حَتَّى ذَابَتْ ثُمَّ لَفَظَهَا فِي فَمِ الصَّبِيِّ فَجَعَلَ يَتَلَمَّظُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «انْظُرُوا إِلَى حُبِّ الْأَنْصَارِ التَّمْرَ ثُمَّ مَسَحَ وَجْهَهُ وَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ اللهِ»