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muslim:2144aʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. Ḥammād > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit al-Bunānī > Anas b. Mālik

I took 'Abdullah b. Abi Talha Ansari to Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the time of his birth. Messenger of Allah ﷺ was at that time wearing a woollen cloak and besmearing the camels with tar. He said: Have you got with you the dates? I said: Yes. He took hold of the dates and put them in his mouth and softened them, then opened the mouth of the infant and put that in it and the child began to lick it. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The Ansar have a liking for the dates, and he (the Holy Prophet) gave him the name of 'Abdullah.  

مسلم:٢١٤٤aحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

ذَهَبْتُ بِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ وُلِدَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي عَبَاءَةٍ يَهْنَأُ بَعِيرًا لَهُ فَقَالَ هَلْ مَعَكَ تَمْرٌ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَنَاوَلْتُهُ تَمَرَاتٍ فَأَلْقَاهُنَّ فِي فِيهِ فَلاَكَهُنَّ ثُمَّ فَغَرَ فَا الصَّبِيِّ فَمَجَّهُ فِي فِيهِ فَجَعَلَ الصَّبِيُّ يَتَلَمَّظُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حُبُّ الأَنْصَارِ التَّمْرَ وَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ  


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abudawud:4951Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas

Have you some dates? I said : Yes. I then gave him some dates which he put in his mouth, chewed them, opened his mouth and them in it. The baby began to lick them. The prophet (May peace be upon him) said: ANSAR’s favourite (fruit) is dates. And he gave him the name of ‘Abd al-Rahman.  

أبو داود:٤٩٥١حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

ذَهَبْتُ بِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حِينَ وُلِدَ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي عَبَاءَةٍ يَهْنَأُ بَعِيرًا لَهُ قَالَ هَلْ مَعَكَ تَمْرٌ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَنَاوَلْتُهُ تَمَرَاتٍ فَأَلْقَاهُنَّ فِي فِيهِ فَلاَكَهُنَّ ثُمَّ فَغَرَ فَاهُ فَأَوْجَرَهُنَّ إِيَّاهُ فَجَعَلَ الصَّبِيُّ يَتَلَمَّظُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حِبُّ الأَنْصَارِ التَّمْرُ وَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ  

ahmad:12795Muʾammal And ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

Have you some dates? I said : Yes. I then gave him some dates which he put in his mouth, chewed them, opened his mouth and them in it. The baby began to lick them. The prophet (May peace be upon him) said: ANSAR’s favourite (fruit) is dates. And he gave him the name of ‘Abd al-Rahman. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4951)   

أحمد:١٢٧٩٥حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ وَعَفَّانُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

انْطَلَقْتُ بِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ وُلِدَ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي عَبَاءَةٍ يَهْنَأُ بَعِيرًا لَهُ فَقَالَ لِي أَمَعَكَ تَمْرٌ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَتَنَاوَلَ تَمَرَاتٍ فَأَلْقَاهُنَّ فِي فِيهِ فَلَاكَهُنَّ ثُمَّ حَنَّكَهُ فَفَغَرَ الصَّبِيُّ فَاهُ فَأَوْجَرَهُ الصَّبِيَّفَجَعَلَ الصَّبِيُّ يَتَلَمَّظُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَبَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ إِلَّا حُبَّ التَّمْرِ وَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ اللهِ  

ahmad:13210ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

Have you some dates? I said : Yes. I then gave him some dates which he put in his mouth, chewed them, opened his mouth and them in it. The baby began to lick them. The prophet (May peace be upon him) said: ANSAR’s favourite (fruit) is dates. And he gave him the name of ‘Abd al-Rahman. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4951)   

أحمد:١٣٢١٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ حِينَ وُلِدَ وَهُوَ يَهْنَأُ بَعِيرًا لَهُ وَعَلَيْهِ عَبَاءَةٌ فَقَالَ مَعَكَ تَمْرٌ؟ فَنَاوَلْتُهُ تَمَرَاتٍ فَأَلْقَاهُنَّ فِي فِيهِ فَلَاكَهُنَّ ثُمَّ فَغَرَ فَاهُ ثُمَّ أَوْجَرَهُنَّ إِيَّاهُ فَجَعَلَ يَتَلَمَّظُ الصَّبِيُّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حُبُّ الْأَنْصَارِ التَّمْرَ وَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ اللهِ  

ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْإِمَامِ بَذْلُ النَّفْسِ لِلْمِهَنِ الَّتِي مِنْهَا صَلَاحُ أَحْوَالِ رَعِيَّتِهِ

ibnhibban:4531al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. Ḥammād > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas

I took 'Abdullah b. Abi Talha Ansari to Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the time of his birth. Messenger of Allah ﷺ was at that time wearing a woollen cloak and besmearing the camels with tar. He said: Have you got with you the dates? I said: Yes. He took hold of the dates and put them in his mouth and softened them, then opened the mouth of the infant and put that in it and the child began to lick it. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The Ansar have a liking for the dates, and he (the Holy Prophet) gave him the name of 'Abdullah. (Using translation from Muslim 2144a)  

ابن حبّان:٤٥٣١أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

ذَهَبْتُ بِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ حِينَ وُلِدَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي عَبَاءَةٍ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَهْنَأُ بَعِيرًا لَهُ فَقَالَ «هَلْ مَعَكَ تَمْرٌ؟ » فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَنَاوَلْتُهُ تَمَرَاتٍ فَأَلْقَاهُنَّ فِي فِيهِ فَلَاكَهُنَّ ثُمَّ فَغَرَفَا الصَّبِيِّ فَمَجَّهُ فِي فِيهِ فَجَعَلَ الصَّبِيُّ يَتَلَمَّظُهُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «حِبُّ الْأَنْصَارِ التَّمْرُ» وَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ  

bayhaqi:19304Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Naḍr al-Faqīh > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Naṣr al-Imām And Tamīm b. Muḥammad Wa-al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. Ḥammād al-Narsī > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit al-Bunānī > Anas b. Mālik ؓ

Have you some dates? I said : Yes. I then gave him some dates which he put in his mouth, chewed them, opened his mouth and them in it. The baby began to lick them. The prophet (May peace be upon him) said: ANSAR’s favourite (fruit) is dates. And he gave him the name of ‘Abd al-Rahman. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4951)   

البيهقي:١٩٣٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو النَّضْرِ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ الْإِمَامُ وَتَمِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالُوا ثنا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ النَّرْسِيُّ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ قَالَ

ذَهَبْتُ بِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ وُلِدَ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي عَبَاءَةٍ يَهْنَأُ بَعِيرًا لَهُ فَقَالَ هَلْ مَعَكَ تَمْرٌ؟ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَنَاوَلْتُهُ تَمَرَاتٍ فَأَلْقَاهُنَّ فِي فِيهِ فَلَاكَهُنَّ ثُمَّ فَغَرَ فَا الصَّبِيِّ فَمَجَّهُ فِي فِيهِ فَجَعَلَ الصَّبِيُّ يَتَلَمَّظُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حُبُّ الْأَنْصَارِ التَّمْرُ وَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ اللهِ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى وَأَخْرَجَاهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ