have you not told them that the earlier peoples used to name their children after their prophets and the righteous who came before them?” Muslim collected this narration.

Ibn Isḥāq said: In Rabīʿ al-Ākhir—or Jumādā al-Ūlā—of the tenth year, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Khālid ibn al-Walīd to the Banū al-Ḥārith ibn Kaʿb in Najrān, ordering him to invite them to Islam for three days before engaging them in combat. Khālid proceeded until he reached them, then dispatched mounted messengers in every direction, calling, “People, embrace Islam and you will be safe.” The people accepted Islam, so Khālid remained among them teaching them the religion and wrote to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ informing him of their conversion. Their delegation then travelled with Khālid to the Prophet ﷺ. Prominent among them were Qays ibn Ḥuṣayn Dhū al-Ghuṣṣah, Yazīd ibn ʿAbd al-Madān, and Yazīd ibn al-Muḥajjal. The Prophet ﷺ appointed Qays as their leader.

After their delegation had departed, the Prophet ﷺ sent ʿAmr ibn Ḥazm to instruct them in jurisprudence, teach them the sunnah, and collect their prescribed alms.

On the tenth of Rabīʿ al-Awwal, Ibrāhīm—son of the Prophet ﷺ—died at the age of eighteen months. Al-Faḍl ibn al-ʿAbbās washed his body, and, it is said, al-Faḍl and Usāmah ibn Zayd descended into his grave. The child was fair-skinned, well-built, and bore a marked resemblance to his father ﷺ.

Thābit reported from Anas that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “A boy was born to me tonight and I have named him after my forefather Ibrāhīm.” This indicates that naming a child is permissible on the night of his birth. The Prophet then entrusted the infant to Umm Sayf—the wife of a blacksmith in Medina named Abū Sayf. Anas said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took his son and I accompanied him. He entered, asked for the child, embraced him, and pronounced over him whatever Allah willed.

Anas added: I saw Ibrāhīm before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while the child was gasping for breath