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."
