Hadith No: 1
Ahmad ibn Hanbal - Fada'il al-Sahabah (Virtues of the Companions) - Regarding the Virtues of Ali (peace be upon him)
Volume: (2) - Page Number: (624)
1068 - Muhammad ibn Yunus narrated to us, who said: Ubaydullah ibn A'isha narrated to us, from Isma'il ibn Amr, from Umar ibn Musa, from Zayd ibn Ali ibn Husayn, from his father, from his grandfather
from Ali ibn Abi Talib, who said: "I complained to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) about the people’s envy of me, and he said: 'Do you not wish to be the fourth of four: the first to enter Paradise will be me, you, Hasan, and Husayn.' Our wives will be on our right and our left, and our descendants will be behind our wives, and our followers will be behind us."