قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَٰمًۭا زَكِيًّۭا
Qaala innamaa ana rasoolu Rabbiki li ahaba laki ghulaaman zakiyyaa
He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy."

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80%54%55%Al-JalalaynIbn AbbasIbn Kathir
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He said ‘I am only a messenger of your Lord that I may give you a boy who shall be pure’ in his prophethood.

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Sahih Muslim #3131Ibn Abbas reported that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) met some riders at al-Rauha and asked who they were. They replied that they were Muslims. They said:Sahih
Who art thou? He said: (I am) Messengef of Allah. A woman (then) lifted up a boy to him and said: Would this child be credited with having performed the Hajj? Thereupon he said: Yes, and you will have a reward.
Jami` at-Tirmidhi #1547Narrated Salman bin 'Amir Ad-Dabbi :Hasan
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Sahih Muslim #3480Umm Salama said to 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her):Sahih
A young boy who is at the threshold of puberty comes to you. I, however, do not like that he should come to me, whereupon 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) said: Don't you see in Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) a model for you? She also said: The wife of Abu Hudhaifa said: Messenger of Allah, Salim comes to me and now he is a (grown-up) person, and there is something that (rankles) in the mind of Abu Hudhaifa about him, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Suckle him (so that he may become your foster-child), and thus he may be able to come to you (freely).
Sunan Abu Dawud #4969Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyyah quoted 'Ali as saying:Sahih
I said: Messenger of Allah! tell me if a son is born to me after your death, may I give him your name and your kunyah? He replied: Yes. The transmitter Abu Bakr did not mention the words "I said". Instead, he said: 'Ali said to the Prophet (ﷺ).

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