Named After My Father

Late in the year 8 AH, Mariyah al-Qibtiyyah gave birth to a son. It was the first child born to the Prophet ﷺ since the early years in Makkah, nearly two decades before. He came out to his Companions and said, "A boy was born to me tonight, and I have named him after my father, Ibrahim" (Sahih Muslim 2315).

As was the custom, the baby was given to a wet-nurse, Umm Sayf, whose husband Abu Sayf was a blacksmith in the upper districts of Madinah. Anas ibn Malik said he never saw anyone more merciful to his family than the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He would walk out to that house, filled with smoke from the forge, take the boy, kiss him and then return (Sahih Muslim 2316).