One of my favourite ḥadīths is reported by Al-Bukhārī on the authority of Anas ibn Mālik, who narrates that he along with a group of Companions, accompanied the Prophet ﷺ in visiting his young son (Ibrāhīm), who was in the final stages of his life. Tears began to flow from the Prophet’s ﷺ eyes. ʿAbdur…