379. al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir, narrating from Abu Ayub al-Ansāri who said: “I went to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) while Hasan and Husain were sitting in front of him in his lap playing, so I said: “O Messenger of Allah! Do you love them?”
He said: “How can I not love them when they are my two basils that I smell in this world.”¹

380. al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir, narrating from Abu Sa‘id who said: “While the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) was praying when Husain (a.s.) came in and took hold of the Prophet’s neck. Then he (s.a.w.) stood up and held Husain’s hand and kept on holding it until he went to bow.”²

381. Sharh al-Akhbār, narrating from Ja‘far ibn Farwi who narrates: “The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) was sitting down with his companions when Hasan and Husain (a.s.) came to him. They were young and they were leaping on him, so at times he would bring his head down for them and at other times he would pick them up and kiss them. A man who was in that gathering was looking at him with astonishment to what he was doing. He said: “O Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.), I don’t think I have ever kissed my child.” The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) got angry very much that the color of his skin changed and he said to the man: “If Allah has extracted mercy from your heart, then what can I do to you? He who does not have mercy on our little ones and does not honor our elders, is not from us.”³

382. Sunan al-Nisā'i, narrating from ‘Abdullah ibn Shaddād, from his father who said: “In one of my evening prayers the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) came to us while he was carrying either Hasan or Husain. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) came forward and put him on the ground. Then he said his takbir and started his prayer. During his prayer he prostrated for a long time. My father said: “I raised my head and saw a child on the back of the Messenger of Allah while he was prostrating, then I returned back to my prostration. When the Messenger of Allah finished his prayer, people said: “O Messenger of Allah! You had a long prostration in your prayers in a way that we thought something might have happened or something was being revealed unto you.”
He said: “It was neither, but my son mounted on my shoulder and I did not like to dismount him hastily until he finished what he wanted to do.”⁴

379.المعجم الكبير عن أبي أيّوب الأنصاريّ: دَخَلتُ عَلى رَسولِ الله صلی الله علیه وآله وَالحَسَنُ وَالحُسَينُ علیهما السلام يَلعَبانِ بَينَ يَدَيهِ وفي حِجرِهِ، فَقُلتُ: يا رَسولَ اللهِ‏ِ أتُحِبُّهُما؟ قالَ: وكَيفَ لا أُحِبُّهُما وهُما رَيحانَتايَ مِنَ الدُّنيا أشَمُّهما!¹

380.المعجم الكبير عن أبي سعيد: جاءَ الحُسَينُ علیه السلام ورَسولُ الله صلی الله علیه وآله يُصَلّي، فَالتَزَمَ عُنُقَ النَّبِيِّ صلی الله علیه وآله ، فَقامَ بِهِ وأخَذَ بِيَدِهِ، فَلَم يَزَل مُمسِكَها حَتّى رَكَعَ.²

381.شرح الأخبار عن جعفر بن فروي بإسناده: أنّ رَسولَ الله‏ِ صلی الله علیه وآله كانَ جالِساً مَعَ أصحابِهِ، إذ أقبَلَ إلَيهِ الحَسَنُ وَالحُسَينُ علیهما السلام وَهُما صَغيرانِ، فَجَعَلا يَنزُوانِ³ عَلَيهِ، فَمَرَّةً يَضَعُ لَهُما رَأسَهُ، ومَرَّةً يَأخُذُهُما إلَيهِ، فَقَبَّلَهُما، ورَجُلٌ مِن جُلَسائِهِ يَنظُرُ إلَيهِ كَالمُتَعَجِّبِ مِن ذلِكَ، ثُمَّ قالَ: يا رَسولَ الله‏ِ، ما أعلَمُ أنِّي قَبَّلتُ وَلَدا إلَيَّ قَطُّ!
فَغَضِبَ رَسولُ الله‏ِ صلی الله علیه وآله حَتَّى التَمَعَ لَونُهُ، فَقالَ لِلرَّجُلِ: إن كانَ الله‏ُ قَد نَزَعَ الرَّحمَةَ مِن قَلبِكَ فَما أصنَعُ بِكَ؟ مَن لَم يَرحَم صَغيرَنا ويُعَزِّز كَبيرَنا فَلَيسَ مِنَّا.⁴

382.سنن النسائي عن عبد الله‏ بن شدّاد عن أبيه: خَرَجَ عَلَينا رَسولُ اللهِ‏ صلی الله علیه وآله في إحدى صَلاتَي العِشاءِ وهُوَ حامِلٌ حَسَناً أو حُسَيناً، فَتَقَدَّمَ رَسولُ اللهِ‏ صلی الله علیه وآله فَوَضَعَهُ، ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ لِلصَّلاةِ فَصَلّى، فَسَجَدَ بَينَ ظَهرانَي صَلاتِهِ سَجدَةً أطالَها، قالَ أبي: رَفَعتُ رَأسي وإذا الصَّبِيُّ عَلى ظَهرِ رَسولِ اللهِ صلی الله علیه وآله وهُوَ ساجِدٌ، فَرَجَعتُ إلى سُجودِي. فَلَمّا قَضى رَسولُ اللهِ صلی الله علیه وآله الصَّلاةَ، قالَ النّاسُ: يا رَسولَ الله‏ِ، إنَّكَ سَجَدتَ بَينَ ظَهرانَي صَلاتِكَ سَجدَةً أطَلتَها حَتّى ظَنَنَّا قَد أنَّهُ حَدَثَ أمرٌ أو أنَّهُ يُوحى إلَيكَ.
قالَ: كُلُّ ذلِكَ لَم يَكُن، ولكِنَّ ابني ارتَحَلَني فَكَرِهتُ أن اُعجِلَهُ حَتّى يَقضِيَ حاجَتَهُ.⁵