The Lofty Status Of The Princes Of Paradise

10 Hadith Regarding the Blessed
Rank of Imam Hasan, Imam
Husain and the Prophetic
Household:

1. Hazrat Bara’ bin Azib (Allah is
pleased with him) narrates, “I saw
the Messenger of Allah (peace and
salutations be upon him) lifting
Hasan ibn Ali upon his blessed
shoulders and he was saying, “ O
Allah! I love him [Hasan] therefore
you love him. ” [Bukhari & Muslim]

2. Hazrat Abu Hurairah (Allah is
pleased with him) narrates that I
came out with the Messenger of
Allah (peace and salutations be
upon him) at a particular time in
the day. He proceeded to the
residence of Fatimah and
questioned, “Are the children
here?” After a little while, Hasan
came running out until he
embraced the Messenger of
Allah (peace and salutations be
upon him). The Messenger of
Allah (peace and salutations be
upon him) then said, “ O Allah! I
love him therefore you love him, and
love those who love him. ” [Bukhari
& Muslim]

3. Hazrat Abu Hurairah (Allah is
pleased with him) narrates that the
Messenger of Allah (peace and
salutations be upon him) said,
“ Whosoever loves these two [Hasan
and Husain] loves me, and
whosoever has animosity towards
these two, has animosity towards
me. ” [Nasa’i]

4. Sayyiduna Ali (Allah is pleased
with him) narrates that when Hasan
was born, I initially named him
Hamzah, and when Husain was
born, I named him Ja’far. The
Messenger of Allah (peace and
salutations be upon him) called me
and said, “ I have been instructed to
change their names. ” I replied,
“Allah and His Messenger know
best.” Then the Messenger of
Allah (peace and salutations be
upon him) changed their names to
Hasan and Husain . [Musnad e
Ahmad, Hakim]

5. Sayyidah Aisha (Allah is pleased
with her) narrates that the
Messenger of Allah (peace and
salutations be upon him) sacrificed
2 goats as Aqeeqah on the 7th day
after the birth of Hasan and Husain.
[Musannaf Abd al-Razzaq, Ibn
Hibban]

6. Sayyiduna Ali (Allah is pleased
with him) narrates that Hasan
resembled the Messenger of
Allah (peace and salutations be upon
him) from head to chest, and Husain
resembled the Messenger of
Allah (peace and salutations be upon
him) most from the chest below.
[Tirmidhi]

7. Hazrat Ibn Abbas (Allah is
pleased with him) narrates that
Hasan was sat on the shoulders of
the Messenger of Allah (peace and
salutations be upon him) when a
man said, ‘How great is the ride
upon which you are mounted, O
boy!’ The Messenger of Allah (peace
and salutations be upon
him) replied, ‘ How great is the
rider. ’ [Tirmidhi]

8. Hazrat Ibn Umar (Allah is pleased
with him) narrates that the
Messenger of Allah (peace and
salutations be upon him) said,
“ Indeed Hasan and Husain are two
flowers of mine from this
world. ” [Tirmidhi]

9. Hazrat Abu Saeed al-
Khudri (Allah is pleased with
him) narrates that the Messenger of
Allah (peace and salutations be
upon him) said, “ Hasan and Husain
are the masters of the youth of
Jannat. ” [Tirmidhi]

10. Hazrat Ibn Abbas (Allah is
pleased with him) narrates that the
Messenger of Allah (peace and
salutations be upon him) said, “ Love
Allah for how He nourishes you out
of His bounty, love me because of the
love of Allah, and love my household
[Ahl Bayt] because of my
love. ” [Tirmidhi, Hakim]

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Compiled by Muhammad Kalim,
Preston.

Via The Sunni Way