44/32. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 2481b — Anas Brought to Serve
The Virtues Of Anas bin Malik (RA)
Hadith About Anas Serving the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم
Sahih Muslim : 2481b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 2481b
حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مَعْنٍ الرَّقَاشِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسٌ، قَالَ جَاءَتْ بِي أُمِّي أُمُّ أَنَسٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَدْ أَزَّرَتْنِي بِنِصْفِ خِمَارِهَا وَرَدَّتْنِي بِنِصْفِهِ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا أُنَيْسٌ ابْنِي أَتَيْتُكَ بِهِ يَخْدُمُكَ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ لَهُ . فَقَالَ " اللَّهُمَّ أَكْثِرْ مَالَهُ وَوَلَدَهُ " . قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنَّ مَالِي لَكَثِيرٌ وَإِنَّ وَلَدِي وَوَلَدَ وَلَدِي لَيَتَعَادُّونَ عَلَى نَحْوِ الْمِائَةِ الْيَوْمَ .
Anas Narrated from:
My mother Umm Anas came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). And she prepared my lower garment out of the half of her headdress and (with the other half) she covered my upper body and said: Allah's Messenger, here is my son Unais; I have brought him to you for serving you. Invoke blessings of Allah upon him. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: O Allah, make an increase in his wealth, and progeny. Anas said: By Allah, my fortune is huge and my children, and grand-children are now more than one hundred.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2481bIn-book reference : Book 44, Hadith 206USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 31, Hadith 6063
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 2481b
This Hadith about Anas serving the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم shows the care of his mother and the blessing of prophetic dua. Anas says his mother brought him to Allah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم. She had prepared his clothing from her headdress and said that this was her son Unais, brought to serve him. She asked the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم to invoke blessings for him. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم prayed for increase in his wealth and children. Anas then states that his wealth became much and that his children and grandchildren were around one hundred at that time. The report keeps the focus on a mother’s offering, the Prophet’s supplication, and Anas’s own statement about what he later saw.
What we learn from this hadith
- Umm Anas brought her son to serve the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم prayed for increase in wealth and children.
- Anas later mentioned the large number of his children and grandchildren.
