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tabarani:2642ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Hawdhah b. Khalīfah > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī > Usāmah b. Zayd

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to take me and Al-Hussein, and one of us would sit on his right thigh and the other on his left thigh, and he would say, "O Allah, I love them, so love them."  

الطبراني:٢٦٤٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا هَوْذَةُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْخُذُنِي وَالْحُسَيْنَ فَيَقْعُدُ أَحَدُنَا عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَالْآخَرُ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَيَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أُحِبُّهُمَا فَأَحِبَّهُمَا»  


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ahmad:21787ʿĀrim b. al-Faḍl > Muʿtamir from his father > Abū Tamīmah > Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī Yuḥaddithuh Abū ʿUthmān > Usāmah b. Zayd

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to take me and sit me on his thigh, and he would sit Al-Hasan ibn Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) on his other thigh. Then, he would bring us close and say, "O Allah, have mercy on both of them, for I am merciful towards them."  

أحمد:٢١٧٨٧حَدَّثَنَا عَارِمُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا تَمِيمَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ يُحَدِّثُهُ أَبُو عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ

كَانَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْخُذُنِي فَيُقْعِدُنِي عَلَى فَخِذِهِ وَيُقْعِدُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْأُخْرَى ثُمَّ يَضُمُّنَا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللهُمَّ ارْحَمْهُمَا فَإِنِّي أَرْحَمُهُمَا  

ذِكْرُ دُعَاءِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ لِلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ بِالرَّحْمَةِ

ibnhibban:6961Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > al-Ḥārith b. Surayj al-Naqāl > al-Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān from my father > Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī > Usāmah b. Zayd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to take me and place me on his thigh, and he would place Al-Hasan ibn Ali on his other thigh. Then, he would say, "O Allah, I love them, so please love them."  

ابن حبّان:٦٩٦١أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ سُرَيْجٍ النَّقَالُ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْخُذُنِي فَيُقْعِدُنِي عَلَى فَخِذِهِ وَيُقْعِدُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْأُخْرَى ثُمَّ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَرْحَمُهُمَا فَارْحَمْهُمَا»