And it is also said that she later gave birth to a boy named Muhammad. She wrapped him in swaddling cloth, sent him to Thabit, and Thabit brought him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who rubbed a chewed date over the child’s palate, named him Muhammad, and secured a wet-nurse for him.

Al-Hakim said: “Thabit was in command of the Ansar on the Day of al-Yamamah.” In the biographical entry he then cited several hadiths, among them the following:

‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid ibn Jabir said:
‘Ata’ al-Khurasani narrated to me:
“I came to Medina and visited the daughter of Thabit ibn Qays. She told me the story of her father and said, ‘When the verse, Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet (49:2), was revealed, my father sat down weeping …,’ and she recounted the rest of the report.

“In that account she related: When he was martyred, a man saw him and he said, ‘After I was killed, a Muslim stripped off my coat of mail and hid it; he overturned a cooking pot upon it and placed a saddle on top. Go to the commander and inform him, but beware of saying, “This is only a dream,” and thereby losing it. When you reach Medina, tell the Caliph of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: “I am liable for such-and-such a debt, and my slave So-and-so is free.” Beware of saying, “This is only a dream,” lest you neglect it.’

“So the man went and reported the matter, and the commander carried out his instructions. We know of no one whose bequest was fulfilled after (1) his death except Thabit ibn Qays—may Allah be pleased with him—(2).

Muhammad, Yahya, and ‘Abd Allah, the sons of Thabit ibn Qays, were killed on the Day of al-Harrah.

It is likewise noteworthy that the sons of Thabit ibn Qays ibn al-Khatim al-Awsi al-Zafari—‘Umar, Muhammad, and Yazid—were also killed on the Day of al-Harrah.

He too was a Companion and has hadiths recorded in the Sunan collections.

His father was one of the foremost poets of the Aws and died before Islam became widespread in Medina. And from