أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فُورَكٍ، أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ، ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ، وَحَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، وَجَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ شَيْخٌ، سَمِعَهُ مِنَ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، وَقَدْ دَخَلَ حَدِيثُ بَعْضِهِمْ فِي بَعْضٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ مَالِكٌ أَبُو أَنَسٍ لِامْرَأَتِهِ أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ وَهِيَ أُمُّ أَنَسٍ: أَرَى هَذَا الرَّجُلَ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُحَرِّمُ الْخَمْرَ فَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى أَتَى الشَّامَ فَهَلَكَ هُنَالِكَ، فَجَاءَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ فَخَطَبَ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ فَكَلَّمَهَا فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَتْ: يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ مَا مِثْلُكَ يُرَدُّ وَلَكِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ كَافِرٌ وَأَنَا امْرَأَةٌ مُسْلِمَةٌ لَا يَصْلُحُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَكَ، قَالَ: وَمَا ذَاكَ دَهْرُكِ، قَالَتْ وَمَا دَهْرِي؟ قَالَ الصَّفْرَاءُ وَالْبَيْضَاءُ، قَالَتْ: فَإِنِّي لَا أُرِيدُ صَفْرَاءَ وَلَا بَيْضَاءَ أُرِيدُ مِنْكَ الْإِسْلَامَ، قَالَ: فَمَنْ لِي بِذَلِكَ؟ قَالَتْ: لَكَ بِذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَانْطَلَقَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ يُرِيدُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَالِسٌ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ قَالَ: " جَاءَكُمْ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ غُرَّةُ الْإِسْلَامِ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ ". فَجَاءَ فَأَخْبَرَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَا قَالَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ، قَالَ ثَابِتٌ: فَمَا بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ مَهْرًا كَانَ أَعْظَمَ مِنْهُ أَنَّهَا رَضِيَتْ بِالْإِسْلَامِ مَهْرًا فَتَزَوَّجَهَا وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةً مَلِيحَةَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ فِيهَا صِغَرٌ، فَكَانَتْ مَعَهُ حَتَّى وُلِدَ مِنْهُ بُنَيٌّ، وَكَانَ يُحِبُّهُ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ حُبًّا شَدِيدًا إِذْ مَرِضَ الصَّبِيُّ وَتَواضَعَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ لِمَرَضِهِ أَوْ تَضَعْضَعَ لَهُ فَانْطَلَقَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَاتَ الصَّبِيُّ، فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهَا لَا يَنْعَيَنَّ إِلَى أَبِي طَلْحَةَ أَحَدٌ ابْنَهُ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَنَا أَنْعَاهُ لَهُ، فَهَيَّأَتِ الصَّبِيَّ وَوَضَعَتْهُ، وَجَاءَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى الله عَلَيْهِ وآله وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا، فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ ابْنِي؟ فَقَالَتْ: يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ مَا كَانَ مُنْذُ اشْتَكَى أَسْكَنَ مِنْهُ السَّاعَةَ، قَالَ: فَلِلَّهِ الْحَمْدُ. فَأَتَتْهُ بِعَشَائِهِ فَأَصَابَ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَتَطَيَّبَتْ وَتَعَرَّضَتْ لَهُ فَأَصَابَ مِنْهَا، فَلَمَّا عَلِمَتْ أَنَّهُ طَعِمَ وَأَصَابَ مِنْهَا قَالَتْ: يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّ قَوْمًا أَعَارُوا قَوْمًا عَارِيَةً لَهُمْ فَسَأَلُوهُمْ إِيَّاهَا أَكَانَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَمْنَعُوهَا؟ فَقَالَ: لَا، قَالَتْ: فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ كَانَ أَعَارَكَ ابْنَكَ عَارِيَةً ثُمَّ قَبَضَهُ إِلَيْهِ فَاحْتَسِبِ ابْنَكَ وَاصْبِرْ، فَغَضِبَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ تَرَكْتِنِي حَتَّى إِذَا وَقَعْتُ بِمَا وَقَعْتُ بِهِ نَعَيْتِ إِلَيَّ ابْنِي، ثُمَّ غَدَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " بَارَكَ اللهُ لَكُمَا فِي غَابِرِ لَيْلَتِكُمَا " فَتَلَقَّتْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْحَمْلِ وَكَانَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهَا تُسَافِرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَخْرُجُ مَعَهُ إِذَا خَرَجَ وَتَدْخُلُ مَعَهُ إِذَا دَخَلَ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِذَا وَلَدَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ فَأْتُونِي بِالصَّبِيِّ "، فَأَخَذَهَا الطَّلْقُ لَيْلَةَ قُرْبِهِمْ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَتْ: اللهُمَّ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَدْخُلُ إِذَا دَخَلَ نَبِيُّكَ، وَأَخْرُجُ إِذَا خَرَجَ نَبِيُّكَ، وَقَدْ حَضَرَ هَذَا ⦗١١٠⦘ الْأَمْرُ فَوَلَدَتْ غُلَامًا يَعْنِي حِينَ قَدِمَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَقَالَتْ لِابْنِهَا أَنَسٍ انْطَلِقْ بِالصَّبِيِّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَخَذَ أَنَسٌ الصَّبِيَّ فَانْطَلَقَ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَسِمُ إِبِلًا وَغَنَمًا فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ لِأَنَسٍ " أَوَلَدَتِ ابْنَةُ مِلْحَانَ؟ " قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَأَلْقَى مَا فِي يَدِهِ فَتَنَاوَلَ الصَّبِيَّ فَقَالَ: " ائْتُونِي بِتَمَرَاتٍ عَجْوَةٍ " فَأَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ التَّمْرَ فَجَعَلَ يُحَنِّكُ الصَّبِيَّ وَجَعَلَ الصَّبِيُّ يَتَلَمَّظُ فَقَالَ: " انْظُرُوا إِلَى حُبِّ الْأَنْصَارِ التَّمْرَ ". فَحَنَّكَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ اللهِ. قَالَ ثَابِتٌ: وَكَانَ يُعَدُّ مِنْ خِيَارِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، قِصَّةُ الْوَفَاةِ دُونَ مَا قَبْلَهَا مِنْ قِصَّةِ التَّزْوِيجِ وَأَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنِ أَنَسٍ مُخْتَصَرًا.
Al-Nadr bin Anas narrates that Malik, the father of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), said to his wife Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her): Do you not see this man (the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)) declaring wine unlawful? Then he went off to Syria and perished there. Then Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) came and proposed marriage to Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) and spoke to her about it. She said: O Abu Talhah, a man like you is not turned away, but you are a disbeliever and I am a Muslim woman, so it is not proper for me to marry you. He said: That is not your real concern. She said: What is my concern? He said: Gold and silver. Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I want nothing of the sort, neither gold nor silver; I ask of you Islam. He said: Who will help me with that? She said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) will help you with it. So Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) set off towards the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting among his Companions. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw him, he said: "Abu Talhah has come to you, with the radiance of Islam between his eyes." Then he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him what Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) had said, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) married them on that basis. Thabit (may Allah have mercy on him) said: We have not heard of any dowry greater than this, that she was pleased with his accepting Islam as her dowry, and she married him. She was a woman with beautiful eyes and small in stature, and she lived with him until a son was born to him from her, and Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) loved him intensely. Then the child fell ill, and Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) was taken up with his illness. Then Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the child died. Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Let no one give Abu Talhah the news of his son's death until I inform him myself. So she prepared the child and laid him aside. Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) came from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked: How is my son? She said: O Abu Talhah, he is more at rest now than he has been since his illness began. Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'Alhamdulillah' (All praise is for Allah). Then she brought him his dinner and he ate from it; then she got up, put on perfume and presented herself to him, and he had intercourse with her. When Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) knew that Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) had eaten and had been intimate with her, she said: O Abu Talhah, what do you think: if a people lent something to another people and then asked for it back, would it be right for them to withhold it from them? He said: No. Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Allah Almighty had lent you your son, and then He has taken him back to Himself, so hope for the reward for your son's death and be patient. He became angry and said: You did not tell me, and only when I had done what I did, you now give me the news of my son's death? Then in the morning he went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah bless the two of you in your past night." So she conceived from that. Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) used to travel with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); when he (peace and blessings be upon him) set out she would set out with him, and when he (peace and blessings be upon him) entered (returned), she would enter with him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When Umm Sulaym gives birth, bring the child to me." On the night they drew near to Madinah, her labour pains began, and she said: O Allah, I used to enter when Your Prophet entered and set out when Your Prophet set out, and now this matter has come. Then, when the two of them reached Madinah, she gave birth to a boy. She said to her son Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): Take this child to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So he took the child to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who was branding animals. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at the child, he said: "Has the daughter of Milhan given birth?" He said: Yes. He (peace and blessings be upon him) put down what was in his hand, took the child and said: "Bring me some Ajwah dates." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took a date, chewed it and did tahnik for the child, and the child began to suck on it, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Look at the Ansar's love for dates!" Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) himself did tahnik for him and named him Abdullah. Thabit (may Allah have mercy on him) said: He was counted among the best of the Muslims.