Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad () was the son of the

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and Maria al-Qibtiyya. He died at the age of 2.

Birth, illness and death

200px, Grave of Ibrahim at Jannat-ul-Baqi, Medina According to

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, quoting

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, Ibrahim was born in the last month of the year 8 AH, equivalent of 630 CE. The child was named after

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(or Ibrahim in Arabic), the

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prophet revered in

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and

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traditions. Ibrahim was placed in the care of a nurse named Umm Sayf, wife of Abu Sayf, the blacksmith, to whom Muhammad gifted goats to complement her milk supply. Muhammad Husayn Haykal, Translated by Isma'il Razi A. al-Faruqi, ''The Life of Muhammad'', American Trust Publications, 1976,

/ref> When Ibrahim fell ill, he was moved to a date orchard near the residence of his mother, under the care of herself and her sister Sirin. When it was clear that Ibrahim was unlikely to survive, Muhammad was informed. His reaction to the news is reported as:

Eclipse occurrence

In his book '' Al-Bidaya wa-l-Nihaya'',

ibn Kathir Abu al-Fida Isma'il ibn Umar ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi (; ), known simply as Ibn Kathir, was an Arab Islamic Exegesis, exegete, historian and scholar. An expert on (Quranic exegesis), (history) and (Islamic jurisprudence), he is considered a lea ...

mentions that Ibrahim died on Thursday 10 Rabi' al-Awwal 10 AH, and on the same day right after his death, a

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occurred. Because of this, observers believed that God was showing his condolences to his prophet by eclipsing the Sun.

, not wanting his companions to fall into fitna by ascribing divinity to him or his son, stood at the mosque and said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of the death or life (i.e. birth) of someone. When you see the eclipse pray and invoke God." According to modern astronomical tables, a solar eclipse occurred on January 27, 632 that was visible from

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Burial

Muhammad is also reported as having informed Maria and Sirin that Ibrahim would have his own nurse in

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. Different accounts relate that the

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for Ibrahim was performed by either Umm Burdah, or al-Fadl ibn ʿAbbas, in preparation for burial. Thereafter, he was carried to the cemetery upon a little bier by Muhammad, his uncle al-ʿAbbas, and others. Here, after a funeral prayer led by Muhammad, he was interred. Muhammad then filled the grave with sand, sprinkled some water upon it, and placed a landmark on it, saying that "Tombstones do neither good nor ill, but they help appease the living. Anything that man does, God wishes him to do well."

Rumor of illegitimacy

A rumor spread that Ibrahim was rather the son of Maria's male cousin, Mabur. When Muhammad heard this rumor, he ordered Ali to kill him without a

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. He later declined to implement the initial order when confirmed her cousin is actually a

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: Qadi Iyad, in his commentary on the Hadith, claimed that "Muhammad forbade Mabur from talking to the mother of his son, but he didn't stop." According to Ibn Taimiyah and Ibn Al-Qayyim quoting a full-context narration of the Hadith, the order to kill Mabur was not for applying the punishment of adultery but rather for "violating the sanctity of his house", conditioned on Ali finding him alone with her and to prioritize what he sees over Muhammad's order:

Siblings

Qasim ibn Muhammad Al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad () was the eldest of the sons of Muhammad and Khadija bint Khuwaylid. He died in 601 CE (before the declaration of his father's prophethood in 609), after his third birthday, and is buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla cemetery, ...

* Abd Allah ibn Muhammad *

Zainab bint Muhammad Zainab bint Muhammad () (598/599–629 CE) was the eldest daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad by his first wife Khadijah. Marriage She married her maternal cousin, Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi', before December 610, and Khadija gave her a weddin ...

* Ruqayya bint Muhammad *

Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad Umm Kulthūm bint Muḥammad () (–630) was the third daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad by his first wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid. Conversion to Islam She was born in Mecca, the fifth of their six children.Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-T ...

Fatima Fatima bint Muhammad (; 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fatima al-Zahra' (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, the fourth of the Rashidun caliphs and the first Shia imam. ...

References

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