Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39747 — What I have preserved

Al-Hasan bin Sa'd narrates that when the news of the killing of Sayyiduna Zayd, Ja'far and Abdullah bin Rawahah (may Allah be pleased with them) reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) announced their death to the people, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) left Sayyidah Asma' (may Allah be pleased with her) in the state in which she was shedding tears. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came (again) to Sayyidah Asma', offered her condolences and said: "Call my nephews to me." The narrator said: Then Sayyidah Asma' came with three boys, like the chicks of birds. Asma' said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) called for a barber, had their heads shaved and said: "As for Muhammad, he resembles our uncle Abu Talib. As for Awn Allah, he resembles me in form and in character. And as for Abdullah," he (peace and blessings be upon him) took his hand, raised it and supplicated: "O Allah, bless Abdullah in the dealings of his right hand." The narrator said: Their mother, Sayyidah Asma', complained to him (peace and blessings be upon him) of their (being left without a guardian), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "Do you fear that they will be lost, when I am their guardian in this world and the Hereafter?"