Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I have not seen any man who was more compassionate (and sympathetic) towards his family than the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet’s son Ibrahim was being breastfed in a village near Madinah (by a wet nurse). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would go (to visit his son), and we would go with him. He would enter the house, and there would be smoke in the house because Ibrahim’s foster father was a blacksmith. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would pick up his son, kiss him, and then return. Amr bin Sa‘id says: When Ibrahim passed away, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “My son Ibrahim has died in the age of nursing, but in Paradise, two wet nurses will complete his nursing period.”