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bayhaqi:13389Abū ʿAmr Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Adīb > Abū Bakr al-Ismāʿīlī > Abū ʿAbd

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Indeed, my son, meaning Al-Hasan bin Ali, is a master, and perhaps Allah will reconcile through him between two mighty parties."  

البيهقي:١٣٣٨٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الصُّوفِيُّ ثنا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ ثنا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ ابْنِي هَذَا سَيِّدٌ يَعْنِي الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ وَلَعَلَّ اللهَ أَنْ يُصْلِحَ بِهِ بَيْنَ فِئَتَيْنِ عَظِيمَتَيْنِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ جَمَاعَةٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ وَقَدْ سَمَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ابْنَهُ حِينَ وُلِدَ وَسَمَّى أَخَوَيْهِ بِذَلِكَ حِينَ وُلِدَا فَقَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ مَا سَمَّيْتَ ابْنِي؟