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Al-Bara' said, "I saw the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when al-Hasan was on his shoulder. He was saying, 'O Allah, I love him, so love him.'"

الأدب المفرد:٨٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ يَقُولُ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَالْحَسَنُ صَلَوَاتُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُحِبُّهُ فَأَحِبَّهُ

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bukhari:3749Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Shuʿbah > ʿAdī > al-Barāʾ

I saw the Prophet ﷺ carrying Al-Hasan on his shoulder an saying, "O Allah! I love him, so please love him."

البخاري:٣٧٤٩حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَدِيٌّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ ؓ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَالْحَسَنُ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُحِبُّهُ فَأَحِبَّهُ

muslim:2422bMuḥammad b. Bashhār And ʾAbū Bakr b. Nāfiʿ > Ibn Nāfiʿ > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > ʿAdī Wahū Ibn Thābit > al-Barāʾ

I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with Al-Hasan b. 'Ali placed upon his shoulders and he was saying: O Allah, I love him, and love him Thou.

مسلم:٢٤٢٢bحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالَ ابْنُ نَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَدِيٍّ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَاضِعًا الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُحِبُّهُ فَأَحِبَّهُ

muslim:2422aʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh from my father > Shuʿbah > ʿAdī / Ibn Thābit > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

I saw Hasan b. 'Ali upon the shoulders of Allah's Apostle ﷺ and he was saying: O Allah, I love him, and love him Thou.

مسلم:٢٤٢٢aحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَدِيٍّ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَابِتٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَى عَاتِقِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُحِبُّهُ فَأَحِبَّهُ

tirmidhi:3783Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAdī b. Thābit > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

"I saw the Prophet ﷺ placing Al-Hasan bin 'Ali upon his shoulder while saying: 'O Allah, I love him, so love him.'"

الترمذي:٣٧٨٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ يَقُولُ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَاضِعًا الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُحِبُّهُ فَأَحِبَّهُ.»

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَهُوَ أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ مَرْزُوقٍ