31. Endowments
٣١۔ كِتَابُ الْوَقْفِ
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a speech to us; meanwhile al-Hasan and al-Husayn came upon there stumbling, wearing red shirts. He came down from the pulpit, took them and ascended it with them. He then said: Allah truly said: "Your property and your children are only trial" (Ixiv.15). I saw both of them, and I could not wait. Afterwards he resumed the speech. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1109)
رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فَأَقْبَلَ الْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ ؓ وَعَلَيْهِمَا قَمِيصَانِ أَحْمَرَانِ يَعْثُرَانِ وَيَقُومَانِ فَلَمَّا رَآهُمَا نَزَلَ فَأَخَذَهُمَا ثُمَّ صَعِدَ فَوَضَعَهُمَا فِي حِجْرِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ صَدَقَ اللهُ {إِنَّمَا أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَأَوْلَادُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ} [التغابن 15] رَأَيْتُ هَذَيْنِ فَلَمْ أَصْبِرْ حَتَّى أَخَذْتُهُمَا
[Machine] I heard Abu Bakr say, "I saw the Prophet ﷺ on the pulpit and with him was Al-Hasan bin Ali, and he looked at him once and at the people once, and he said, 'Indeed, my son here is a master and perhaps Allah will make peace between two groups of Muslims through him.'"
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ يَقُولُ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَمَعَهُ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ وَهُوَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ مَرَّةً وَإِلَى النَّاسِ مَرَّةً وَهُوَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ ابْنِي هَذَا سَيِّدٌ وَلَعَلَّ اللهَ أَنْ يُصْلِحَ بِهِ بَيْنَ فِئَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
When al-Hasan was born, I named him Harb [which means war], then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and said: ʿShow me my son; what did you name him?ʿ We said: Harb. He said: ʿRather he is Hasan.” When al-Husain was born, I named him Harb, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and said: “Show me my son; what did you name him?” We said; Harb. He said: “Rather he is Husain.” When the third one was born, I named him Harb. The Prophet ﷺ came and said: “Show me my son, what did you name him?” I said. Harb. He said: ʿRather, he is Muhassin.ʿ Then he said: ʿI have named them after the fashion of the sons of Haroon, Shabbar and Shabeer and Mushabbir.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 769)
لَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحَسَنُ سَمَّيْتُهُ حَرْبًا فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَرُونِي ابْنِي مَا سَمَّيْتُمُوهُ؟ فَقُلْتُ حَرْبًا فَقَالَ بَلْ هُوَ حَسَنٌ ثُمَّ وُلِدَ الْحُسَيْنُ فَسَمَّيْتُهُ حَرْبًا فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَرُونِي ابْنِي مَا سَمَّيْتُمُوهُ؟ فَقُلْتُ حَرْبًا قَالَ بَلْ هُوَ حُسَيْنٌ فَلَمَّا وُلِدَ الثَّالِثُ سَمَّيْتُهُ حَرْبًا فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أُرَاهُ فَقَالَ أَرُونِي ابْنِي مَا سَمَّيْتُمُوهُ؟ قُلْتُ حَرْبًا قَالَ بَلْ هُوَ مُحْسِنٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمَّيْتُهُمْ بِأَسْمَاءِ وَلَدِ هَارُونَ شَبَّرَ وَشَبِيرَ وَمُشَبَّرَ