Ibn ʿAsākir (1) transmits—through the isnād of Isḥāq ibn Muḥammad al-Farawī; ʿĪsā ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib; from his father, [his grandfather] from his great-grandfather; from ʿAlī—who said:

When Ibrāhīm, the son of the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—passed away, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib sent word to his mother, Māriyah the Copt, who was in an upper room. ʿAlī placed the child in a small casket, set it before him on his mount, and brought him to the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him. The Prophet washed him, wrapped him in a shroud, and came out carrying him, and the people went out with him. He buried him in the alley adjoining the house of Muḥammad ibn Zayd. ʿAlī then entered the grave, levelled the earth over him (2) and completed the burial, came out and sprinkled water over the grave, and the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—put his hand into the grave and said:

“By Allah, he is indeed a prophet, the son of a prophet.”

The Messenger of Allah wept, and the Muslims around him wept until their voices were raised. He then said:

“The eye sheds tears and the heart grieves, yet we utter nothing that angers the Lord; and indeed, O Ibrāhīm, we are sorrowful for your loss.”

Al-Wāqidī (3) stated: Ibrāhīm, the son of the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—died on Tuesday, ten nights having passed of Rabīʿ al-Awwal in the tenth year [AH]. He was eighteen months old and was with Banū Māzin ibn al-Najjār in the house of Umm Barzah (4) bint al-Munadhir. He was buried in al-Baqīʿ.

I say: We have already mentioned that the sun was eclipsed on the day of his death, and the people said, “It was eclipsed because of Ibrāhīm’s passing.” The Messenger of Allah then delivered a sermon in which he said:

“Indeed, the sun and the moon are two signs among the signs of Allah; they do not eclipse for the death or life of anyone.”

The great ḥāfiẓ Abū al-Qāsim Ibn ʿAsākir (5) said: Chapter on the mention of his male and female slaves, ﵊ his attendants, his scribes, and those he trusted (6) (with due attention to the spelling of their names and a note on some of their lineages) (7) (and we shall cite what he recorded, adding or omitting as necessary, and in Allah we seek help) (8).