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16. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS there anything with him? Abu Talha said: Yes, some dates. The Holy Prophet took a date and having chewed it put it in the mouth of the baby and blessed it and named it Abdullah (Bokhari and Muslim). . Bokhari's version adds: Ibn Uyainah relates that a man of the Ansar told him that he saw nine sons of this Abdullah every one of whom had read the Quran. . Muslim's version runs: Abu Talha's son from Umm Sulaim died and she said to the other members of the family: Do not tell Abu Talha about the boy; I shall tell him myself. When he came she put the evening meal before him and he ate. . Then she made herself up well as she used to and they were together. Thereafter she said to him: Abu Talha, tell me, if someone lends something to another and thereafter demands it back, would the borrower be in the right to hold back the borrowed article? He answered: No. On which she said: Then hope for thy reward from Allah in respect of that which has befallen thy son. Abu Talha was upset and said: You left me in ignorance about my son's condition till after we had been together. So he left her and went to the Holy Prophet and told him what had happened. He said: May Allah bless your night. She conceived. . Thereafter the Holy Prophet was on a journey and they were with him. It was his custom that when he returned from a journey he would not enter Medina by night. When they approached Medina her pains started. So Abu Talha stayed with her and the Holy Prophet went forward. Then Abu Talha prayed: Thou knowest, Lord, that I am eager that I should issue forth with the Holy Prophet when he issues forth and that I should return with him when he returns, and now I am detained here by what Thou seest. On this Umm Sulaim said: Abu Talha, I no longer feel pain. Let us proceed. So they proceeded and she gave birth to a boy after they arrived in Medina. My mother (Umm Sulaim) said to me: Anas, no one should suckle the baby till after we have taken it to the Holy Prophet tomorrow. Next morning I carried it to the Holy Prophet. 45. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: The strong one is not he who knocks out others in wrestling, the strong one is he who keeps control over himself when he is roused (Bokhari and Muslim). 46. Sulaiman ibn Surad relates that he was sitting with the Holy Prophet when two men began to quarrel and one of them went red in the face and the veins of his neck stood out. The Holy Prophet said: If he were to repeat a phrase. I know he would be rid of the condition in which he finds himself. The phrase is:. I seek refuge with Allah against Satan, the rejected one. So they said to him:. The Holy Prophet says: Seek refuge with Allah against Satan, the rejected one (Bokhari and Muslim). 47. Mu'az ibn Anas relates that the Holy Prophet said: One who despite possessing the power to give effect to his anger suppresses it will be singled out and called by Allah, the Holy, the Exalted, above the multitude on the Day of. Judgment and given his choice of black-eyed houris (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). 48. Abu Hurairah relates that someone asked the Holy Prophet to advise him. He said: Do not yield to anger. The man repeated his request several times. . Every time the Holy Prophet said: Do not yield to anger (Bokhari).