Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

156 'Ali ibn Abi Tilib in Makkah
hadiths narrated concerning al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased
with him and m&e him pleased).
5.4.3. Hadiths which mention virtues
shared by al-Hasan and al-Husayn
(may Allah be pleased with them)
(a) Bukhari narrated with his chain of narration going back to Ibn
'Umar that a man from Iraq asked him about the pilgrim in Wam
killing flies. He (&) said: "The people of Iraq are asking about
flies when they killed the son of the daughter of the Messenger
of Allah (@), and the Prophet (g) said: 'They are my two sweet
smelling flowers in this
Ibn Hajar said: "What is
meant is: they are among that with which Allah (&) has
honoured me and blessed me, because children are to be smelled
and kissed as if they are fragrant plants."3"
(b) It was narrated that Abu Hurayrah (&) said: "The Messenger of
Allah (g) said: 'Whoever loves them loves me, and whoever
hates them hates me,"' meaning d-Hasan and al-~usa~n.~~'
(c) It was narrated from al-Bara' ibn 'Lib (&) that the Messenger
of Allah ( g) saw Hasan and Husayn and said: ''0 Allah, I love
them, so love them."362
(d) It was narrated from Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri (&) that the
Messenger of Allah (g) .. said: "Al-Hasan and al-Husayn are the
masters of the youth of paradise."363
(e) It was narrated that Abdullah ibn Buraydah said: I heard Abu
Hurayrah say: "The Messenger of Allah (g) was addressing us,
and d-Hasan and al-Husayn came, wearing red shirts, walking
and stumbling. The Messenger of Allah (g) came down from
the minbar, picked them up and put them in front of him; then he
said: 'Allah (B) and His Messenger speak the trnth: dYour