It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) visited Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her). She presented dates and ghee to him, but the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was fasting that day, so he said: "Put the dates back in their pouch and the ghee back in its container." After that, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood in a corner of the house and performed two rak‘ahs, and we also prayed with him. Then he supplicated for blessings for Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) and her family. Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "O Messenger of Allah! I have a special request." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What is it?" She said: "This is your servant, Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him); please make a special supplication for him." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated for every good of this world and the Hereafter for me and said: "O Allah! Grant him abundant wealth and children, and bless him in them." Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) stated that among all the Ansar, no one had more wealth than him, while previously he only had a ring, and his eldest daughter Amina reported that Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) had, with his own hands, buried about one hundred and twenty-five or twenty-six of his children before the coming of Hajjaj bin Yusuf.
Hadith Referenceالفتح الربانی / أبواب فى فضائل بعض الصحابة الكرام / 11634
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه البخاري: 1982، 6334، ومسلم: 2480 ، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة: 12053 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 12076»
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … Imam Albani rahimahullah writes: This hadith contains several benefits, some of which are:
(1) It is legislated to supplicate for abundance in wealth and children. Imam Bukhari has established a chapter on this hadith: “The supplication for abundance of wealth and children along with blessing.”
(2) If Allah, the Exalted, is obeyed, then wealth and children are blessings from Allah and among the best of things. How misguided are those who employ various means to reduce the number of children.
(3) The supplication of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) for Sayyiduna Anas radi Allahu anhu was accepted, and he became the Ansari with the most wealth and children. (Sahihah: 141)
! The blessing of so many children passing away is that all of them will become a treasure for their parents in the Hereafter. The number of his living children and grandchildren also exceeded one hundred. (Fath al-Bari) (Abdullah Rafiq)