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  

[Machine] And she said to her family, "Do not inform anyone from among you of the death of Abu Talhah's son." So he returned to his family, and some people from the people of the mosque who were his companions accompanied him. He asked, "What did the boy do?" She said, "He did the best thing. So I brought them their dinner, and they ate. Then the people left, and the woman went to where women go. When it was the end of the night, she said, "O Abu Talhah, did you not see how the Fulan family borrowed a female camel and enjoyed her, but when she was demanded back, they disliked that?" He said, "They were not fair." She said, "Indeed, your son was borrowed from Allah the Almighty and Allah took him back, so He returned him." Abu Talhah praised Allah. When morning came, he went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and when he saw him, he said, "May Allah bless your night." She became pregnant with Abdullah and gave birth to him at night. And she disliked to give him a bath until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave him a bath. He said, "Do you have anything with you?" I said, "Some dates of al-'Ajwah." So he took some of them and chewed them, and then he saliva and gave it to the child, and he rubbed it on his body. Then he said, "The love of the Ansar is in dates." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, name him." He said, "His name is Abdullah."  

وَقَالَتْ لِأَهْلِهَا لَا يُخْبِرَنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ بِوَفَاةِ ابْنِهِ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ وَمَعَهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ قَالَ مَا فَعَلَ الْغُلَامُ؟ قَالَتْ خَيْرُ مَا كَانَ فَقَرَّبَتْ إِلَيْهِمْ عَشَاءَهُمْ فَتَعَشَّوْا وَخَرَجَ الْقَوْمُ وَقَامَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ إِلَى مَا تَقُومُ إِلَيْهِ الْمَرْأَةُ فَلَمَّا كَانَ آخِرُ اللَّيْلِ قَالَتْ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى آلِ فُلَانٍ اسْتَعَارُوا عَارِيَةً فَتَمَتَّعُوا بِهَا فَلَمَّا طُلِبَتْ كَأَنَّهُمْ كَرِهُوا ذَاكَ قَالَ مَا أَنْصَفُوا قَالَتْ فَإِنَّ ابْنَكَ كَانَ عَارِيَةً مِنَ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى وَإِنَّ اللهَ قَبَضَهُ فَاسْتَرْجَعَ وَحَمِدَ اللهَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ غَدَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ قَالَ بَارَكَ اللهُ لَكُمَا فِي لَيْلَتِكُمَا فَحَمَلَتْ بِعَبْدِ اللهِ فَوَلَدَتْهُ لَيْلًا وَكَرِهَتْ أَنْ تُحَنِّكَهُ حَتَّى يُحَنِّكَهُرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَحَمَلْتُهُ غُدْوَةً وَمَعِي تَمَرَاتُ عَجْوَةٍ فَوَجَدْتُهُ يَهْنَأُ أَبَاعِرَ لَهُ أَوْ يَسِمُهَا فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ وَلَدَتِ اللَّيْلَةَ فَكَرِهَتْ أَنْ تُحَنِّكَهُ حَتَّى يُحَنِّكَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَمَعَكَ شَيْءٌ؟ قُلْتُ تَمَرَاتُ عَجْوَةٍ فَأَخَذَ بَعْضَهُنَّ فَمَضَغَهُنَّ ثُمَّ جَمَعَ بُزَاقَهُ فَأَوْجَرَهُ إِيَّاهُ فَجَعَلَ يَتَلَمَّظُ فَقَالَ حُبُّ الْأَنْصَارِ التَّمْرَ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ سَمِّهِ قَالَ هُوَ عَبْدُ اللهِ  

[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»