Hammām ibn Yahyā narrated—from Isḥāq ibn ʿAbd Allāh, from his grandmother Umm Sulaym—that she had embraced faith in the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said: “Abū Anas returned after an absence and asked, ‘Have you turned away from our religion?’ I replied, ‘I have not turned away; rather, I have believed.’” She then began coaching Anas, saying, “Say: Lā ilāha illā Allāh. Say: I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.” He repeated it, and his father protested, “Do not spoil my son!” She answered, “I am not spoiling him.”

Later Mālik went out, encountered an enemy of his, and the man killed him. She declared, “In that case, I shall not wean Anas until he gives up the breast himself, nor will I marry again until Anas commands me to do so.” Afterward Abū Ṭalḥah sought her hand while he was still an idolater, and she refused (1).

Khālid ibn Makhlad related: Muḥammad ibn Mūsā told us, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Ṭalḥah, from Anas, who said: “Abū Ṭalḥah proposed to Umm Sulaym, and she said, ‘I have believed; if you follow me, I will marry you.’ He replied, ‘I am upon what you are upon.’ So Umm Sulaym married him, and her bride-price was Islam (2).”

Sulaymān ibn al-Mughīrah related: Thābit told us, from Anas, who said: “Abū Ṭalḥah proposed to Umm—