[Machine] Asma, the daughter of Abu Bakr, went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while she was pregnant with Abdullah ibn Zubair. She gave birth to him and then brought him to the Prophet ﷺ to have him suckled. The Prophet ﷺ took him and placed him in his lap, and a date was brought which the Prophet ﷺ crushed, then he chewed it and put it in the baby's mouth to sweeten it. This was the first thing that entered his stomach, the saliva of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . Asma then wiped Abdullah with a cloth and the Prophet ﷺ named him Abdullah. Later, when Abdullah was seven or eight years old, he came to pledge allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ at the command of his father Az-Zubair. When the Prophet ﷺ saw him coming, he smiled and accepted his pledge. Abdullah was the first child to be born in Madinah after the arrival of the Prophet ﷺ . The Jews used to say that they would not be blessed with male offspring in Madinah, but when Abdullah was born, the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ exclaimed in joy. Abdullah ibn Umar ibn Al-Khattab said, upon hearing the celebration in Sham for the birth of Abdullah, "Those who celebrated his birth are better than those who celebrated his death," referring to those who celebrated the killing of Abdullah ibn Zubair.
خَرَجَتْ أَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حِينَ هَاجَرَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ حَامِلٌ بِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ فَنَفَسَتْهُ فَأَتَتْ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لِيُحَنِّكَهُ «فَأَخَذَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَوَضَعَهُ فِي حِجْرِهِ وَأُتِيَ بِتَمْرَةٍ فَمَصَّهَا ثُمَّ مَضَغَهَا ثُمَّ وَضَعَهَا فِي فِيهِ فَحَنَّكَهُ بِهَا» فَكَانَ أَوَّلُ شَيْءٍ دَخَلَ بَطْنَهُ رِيقُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ ثُمَّ مَسَحَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ جَاءَ بَعْدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ أَوِ ابْنُ ثَمَانِ سِنِينَ لِيُبَايِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَهُ الزُّبَيْرُ بِذَلِكَ «فَتَبَسَّمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حِينَ رَآهُ مُقْبِلًا وَبَايَعَهُ» وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ وُلِدَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ مَقْدَمَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَانَتِ الْيَهُودُ تَقُولُ قَدْ أَخَذْنَاهُمْ فَلَا يُولَدُ لَهُمْ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَلَدٌ ذَكَرٌ فَكَبَّرَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ وُلِدَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ حِينَ سَمِعَ تَكْبِيرَ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ وَقَدْ قَتَلُوا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ الَّذِينَ كَبَّرُوا عَلَى مَوْلِدِهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَبَّرُوا عَلَى قَتْلِهِ