Hadiths About The Prophet (saw)’s Children

Hadiths about The Prophet (saw)’s children.

Fatima bint al-Husayn said that her father al-Husayn (saw) said, “When al-Qasim the son of the Messenger of Allah (saw) died, Khadija said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, the milk of al-Qasim’s mother is overflowing, would that Allah had let him live until he had finished breastfeeding.’ The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, ‘He will complete his breastfeeding in Paradise.’” (Ibn Maja, al-Janaʾiz, 27)

Abu Umama (ra) reported that during the funeral of Umm Kulthum, the daughter of the Prophet (saw), the Prophet (saw) recited the following verse: “We created you from it; We will return you there again, and once again we will bring you out.”  (Ibn Hanbal, V, 254)

ʿA’isha (ra), the Mother of the Believers, reported, “I never saw anyone more like the Messenger of Allah (saw) in respect of gravity, calm deportment, and pleasant disposition than Fatima. When she came to visit him he got up to welcome her, took her by the hand, kissed her, and made her sit where he was sitting; and when he went to visit her, she got up to welcome him, took him by the hand, kissed him, and made him sit where she was sitting.” (Abu Daʾud, al-Adab, 143, 144)

ʿAdiyy b. Thabit (ra) said, “I heard al-Bara’ say, ‘When Ibrahim (the son of the Prophet) died, Allah’s Messenger (saw) said, “There is a wet nurse for him in Paradise.”’” (al-Bukhari, al-Adab, 109)

According to Anas b. Malik (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “A child was born to me at night and I named him Ibrahim after my father.” Anas said, “I saw him (again) at the point of death in front of the Messenger of Allah (saw). Tears began to fall from the eyes of the Messenger of Allah (saw). He said, ‘The eye weeps and the heart grieves, but we say only what our Lord is pleased with, and we are grieved for you, Ibrahim.’” (Abu Daʾud, al-Janaʾiz, 23, 24)

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths