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The Meanings of Reports · Hadith 85 (#Ḥadīth #3)

Chapter 28 | The meaning of the names of Muhammed, Ali, Fatima, Hasan, Hussain and the Imams, peace be upon them

حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن الهيثم العجلي، قال: حدثنا أبو العباس أحمد بن يحيى بن زكريا القطان، قال: حدثنا بكر بن عبد الله بن حبيب، قال: حدثنا أبو محمد تميم بن بهلول، عن أبيه، عن عبد الله بن الفضل الهاشمي، عن جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن جده عليهم السلام قال: كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ذات يوم جالسا وعنده علي وفاطمة والحسن والحسين عليهم السلام، فقال: والذي بعثني بالحق بشيرا، ما على وجه الأرض خلق أحب إلى الله عز وجل ولا أكرم عليه منا، إن الله تبارك وتعالى شق لي اسما من أسمائه، فهو محمود وأنا محمد، وشق لك يا علي اسما من أسمائه، فهو العلي الأعلى وأنت علي، وشق لك يا حسن اسما من أسمائه، فهو المحسن وأنت حسن وشق لك يا حسين اسما من أسمائه فهو ذو الاحسان وأنت حسين، وشق لك يا فاطمة اسما من أسمائه فهو الفاطر وأنت فاطمة. ثم قال صلى الله عليه وآله: اللهم إني أشهدك أني سلم لمن سالمهم، وحرب لمن حاربهم، ومحب لمن أحبهم، ومبغض لمن أبغضهم، وعدو لمن عاداهم، وولي لمن والاهم، لأنهم مني وأنا منهم.

3. We were told by Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Haitham al-‘Ajali, that he said: We were told by Abu’l-Abbas, Ahmad bin Yahya bin Zakariya al-Qattan, that he said: We were told by Bikr bin Abdullah bin Habib, that he said: We were told by Abu Muhammed, Tamim bin Buhlul, from his father, from Abdullah bin Fadl al-Hashimi, from Ja’far bin Muhammed, from his father, from his grandfather, peace be upon them, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him, was, on a day, sitting and with him were Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Hussain, peace be upon them. Then he said: By He who sent me with the truth as a bearer of glad tidings, there is not on the face of earth any creation more beloved to Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, nor more honored for him, than us. Indeed, Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, derived for me a name from His Names, and hence, He is the Praised and I am Muhammed. He derived for you, O Ali, a name from His Names, and hence, He is the High , the Most Subleme , and you are Ali. He derived for you, O Hasan, a name from His Names, and hence, He is the Beneficent and you are Hasan. He derived for you, O Hussain, a name from His Names, and hence, He is the One of Good Deeds , and you are Hussain. He derived for you, O Fatima, a name from His Names, and hence, he is the Splitter and you are Fatima. Then he, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: O Allah, I bear You as a witness that I am at peace with those who are at peace with them, at war with those who are at war with them, a hater of those who hate them, an enemy of those who antagonize them and an ally of those who befriend them, because they are from me and I am from them.

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).