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ahmad:774Ḥajjāj > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Hāniʾ > ʿAlī

Al-Hasan ؓ most closely resembles the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the chest and head, and Al-Husain ؓ most closely resembles the Prophet ﷺ in what is lower than that.

أحمد:٧٧٤حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ حَدَّثَنِي إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ هَانِئٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

الْحَسَنُ أَشْبَهُ النَّاسِ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا بَيْنَ الصَّدْرِ إِلَى الرَّأْسِ وَالْحُسَيْنُ أَشْبَهُ النَّاسِ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَا كَانَ أَسْفَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ

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tirmidhi:3779ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Hāniʾ b. Hāniʾ > ʿAlī

said: "Al-Hasan is greater in resemblance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with regards to what is between the chest and the head, and Al-Husain is greater in resemblance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with regards to what is below that."

الترمذي:٣٧٧٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ هَانِئِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

الْحَسَنُ أَشْبَهُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا بَيْنَ الصَّدْرِ إِلَى الرَّأْسِ وَالْحُسَيْنُ أَشْبَهُ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَا كَانَ أَسْفَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ

ahmad:854Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Hāniʾ b. Hāniʾ

ʿAli ؓ said: al-Hasan most resembles the Messenger of Allah ﷺ between the navel and the head, and al-Husain most resembles him in what is lower than that.

أحمد:٨٥٤حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ هَانِئِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ قَالَ قَالَ

عَلِيٌّ الْحَسَنُ أَشْبَهُ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا بَيْنَ الصَّدْرِ إِلَى الرَّأْسِ وَالْحُسَيْنُ أَشْبَهُ مَا أَسْفَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ

tabarani:2772Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Aḥmad b. Khālid al-Wahbī > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Hubayrah b. Yarīm > ʿAlī

[Machine] "Al-Hasan resembles the Prophet ﷺ the most out of all people, from the head to the neck."

الطبراني:٢٧٧٢حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْوَهْبِيُّ ثنا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ هُبَيْرَةَ بْنِ يَرِيمَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

«الْحَسَنُ أَشْبَهُ النَّاسِ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا بَيْنَ الرَّأْسِ إِلَى النَّحْرِ»