The Prophet’s Love for Imams Ĥasan and Ĥusain, His Command to Love Them, and the Reward for Loving Them — Hadith 1

1. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Abī Khalaf, ‘Abdillāh ibn Ja’far Al-Ḥimyari, and Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā Al-‘Aťťār, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from ‘Ali ibn Ḥakam, and from others, from Jamīl ibn Durrāj, from his brother Nūḥ, from (Yaḥyā ibn ‘Abdillāh) Al-Ajlaḥ, from Salamah ibn Kuhayl, from ‘Abdil ‘Azīz, who said: ‘Ali, (the Commander of the Believers (a. s. )), said: The Messenger of Allāh (s. a. a. w. ) used to say, “O ‘Ali! These two sons – meaning Ḥasan and Ḥusain (a. s. ) – have caused me to forget about loving anyone else aside from them. Verily My Lord ordered me to love them and to love those who love them. ”