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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ حُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ كَانَ يُشَبَّهُ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ

ibnhibban:6972Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Khallād b. Aslam > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Ḥafṣah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] "He then proceeded to place his staff on his nose and said, 'I have never seen such beauty.' I said, 'Indeed, he resembles none other than the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .'"  

ابن حبّان:٦٩٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَّادُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ قَالَتْ حَدَّثَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابْنِ زِيَادٍ إِذْ جِيءَ بِرَأْسِ الْحُسَيْنِ قَالَ

فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ بِقَضِيبِهِ فِي أَنْفِهِ وَيَقُولُ مَا رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَ هَذَا حُسْنًا فَقُلْتُ «أَمَا إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنْ أَشْبَهِهِمْ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ»  


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tabarani:2879Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī

[Machine] I was with Ibn Ziyad when the head of Al-Hussein was brought to him. He then began to hit it with a stick, saying, "I have never seen such beauty." I said, "Indeed, he (Al-Hussein) resembled the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ."  

الطبراني:٢٨٧٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ الْكُوفِيُّ ثنا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابْنِ زِيَادٍ حِينَ أُتِيَ بِرَأْسِ الْحُسَيْنِ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ بِقَضِيبٍ فِي أَنْفِهِ مَا رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَ هَذَا حُسْنًا فَقُلْتُ «أَمَا إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنْ أَشْبَهِهِمْ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»