Kathir ibn 'Ubayd said, "When someone in the family of 'A'isha
had a child, she did not ask, 'boy or girl?' She asked, 'Was he created
well-formed?' If the answer was 'Yes,' she said, 'Praise be to Allah, the
Lord of the Worlds.'"
Mu'awiya ibn Qurra said, "When Iyas was born to me, I invited
a group of the Companions of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, and I fed them and they made supplication. I said, 'You have
made supplication, so may Allah bless you for your supplication. If I make
supplication, then you say, "Amen".' He went on, 'I made a lot of supplication
for him for his deen, his intellect and things like that.' He added, 'I
still recognise the supplication of that day in him."
حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: ذَهَبْتُ بِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمَ وُلِدَ، وَالنَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي عَبَاءَةٍ يَهْنَأُ بَعِيرًا لَهُ، فَقَالَ: مَعَكَ تَمَرَاتٌ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَنَاوَلْتُهُ تَمَرَاتٍ فَلاَكَهُنَّ، ثُمَّ فَغَرَ فَا الصَّبِيِّ، وَأَوْجَرَهُنَّ إِيَّاهُ، فَتَلَمَّظَ الصَّبِيُّ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: حُبَّ الأَنْصَارِ التَّمْرَ، وَسَمَّاهُ: عَبْدَ اللهِ.
Anas said, "On the day he was born, I took 'Abdullah ibn Abi Talha
to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. I found him wearing
a woollen robe while he was marking one of his camels with tar. The Prophet
said, 'Do you have any dates with you?' 'Yes,' I replied. I gave him some
dates. He chewed the dates and opened the child's mouth and put some chewed
dates into the child's mouth. The child licked his lips. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The Ansar love dates,' and
gave him the name 'Abdullah."
