Hadith No: 8
Al-Tabarani - al-Mu'jam al-Kabir - Chapter on the Letter Meem - Malik ibn al-Huwaitir, Abu Sulayman al-Laythi
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (57)
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2675 - Muhammad ibn Ruziq ibn Jami' al-Masri narrated to us, saying: al-Haytham ibn Habib narrated to us, saying: Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated to me, from Ali ibn Ali al-Makki al-Hilali, from his father, who said: I entered upon the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) during his illness in which he passed away, and I saw Fatimah (peace be upon her) at his head. He said: She wept until her voice was raised. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) raised his gaze to her and said: My beloved Fatimah, what is it that makes you weep? She said: I fear the loss of your presence after you. He said: O my beloved, do you not know that Allah, the Almighty, looked upon the earth and chose your father from it, and sent him with His message? Then He looked again and chose your husband from it, and revealed to me to marry you, O Fatimah. We are a family whom Allah has blessed with seven special qualities that He did not grant to anyone before us, nor will He give to anyone after us: I am the Seal of the Prophets, the most honorable of the Prophets before Allah, and the most beloved of His creatures to Allah, the Almighty and Majestic be He. And I am: your father, and my caliph, the best of the successors, and the most beloved to Allah. Your husband is his name. Our martyr is the best of martyrs and the most beloved to Allah, and he is your uncle, Hamzah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, the uncle of your father, and your husband's uncle. Among us is one who has two green wings and flies in Paradise with the angels wherever he wishes, and he is your father's cousin and your husband's brother.
And among us are the two grandsons of this nation, your sons, Hasan and Husayn, and they are the leaders of the youth of Paradise. Their father and the one who sent me with the truth is better than them. ....