So the people said to the Prophet...

So the people said to the Prophet: ‘By Allah, you are doing al-Hasan something you have not done to anyone.’ He replied: ‘Most surely, this grand (son) of mine is a Sayyid (master). Through him Allah will make peace between two parties of the Muslims.’” Ibn Hajar has mentioned it in his book al-Sawa‘iq. In the book al-‘Aqd al-Farid, vol. 1, p. 164, it has been mentioned: “Allah’s Apostle (a.s.) visited his daughter Fatima. He found al-Hasan, who was then a child, playing before her.

He said to her: ‘Most surely, Allah will make peace between two great groups of the Muslims at the hands of this son of yours.’” [^3] Al-Sawa‘iq al-Muhriqa, p. 82. Hulyat al-Awliya. was al-Hasan. I saw al-Hasan (when he) came and rode on the Prophet’s neck while he was prostrating himself in prayer. He did not make him go down until he himself went down.

I saw him bowing and opening his legs to let him go to the other side.”[^1] It has been narrated that the Prophet (a.s) led the people in prayer and prostrated himself in worship for a long time. After he had recited the taslim, the people asked him about that, and he replied: “This son of mine had ridden my back, and I hated to make him go down quickly.”[^2] The Prophet (a.s) went up on the pulpit to deliver a sermon. Al-Hasan came and went up on the pulpit. The Prophet put him on his neck.

The people at the back of the mosque saw his anklet shining on the Prophet’s chest. Al-Hasan remained so until the Prophet (a.s) finished his sermon.[^3] He (a.s) has said: “If someone wants to be delighted at looking at the master of the youths of the Garden, let him look at al-Hasan.”[^4] He (a.s) has said: “Al-Hasan is my darling…”[^5] Anas bin Malik has narrated: “Al-Hasan came in to the Prophet (a.s). I wanted to pull him away, and the Prophet (a.s) said to me: ‘Woe unto you, O Anas!

Leave my son and the fruit of my heart. Most surely, whoever hurts him hurts me, and whoever hurts me hurts Allah.”[^6] This is a group of the traditions narrated from the Prophet (a.s) in respect of his eldest grandson. In these traditions we feel the highest kind of honoring, greeting, and sincere love.

The Second Group As for the traditions narrated from the Prophet (a.s) in respect of his two grandsons, they are a group of the authentic traditions written by the trustworthy (narrators) and those whom memorized them by heart. They clearly indicate that al-Hasan and al-Husayn were the dearest and most lovable of the people to Allah’s Apostle (a.s).