Hadith 380

turn him to his former state! ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘Their-asws supplication had not even completed, and there was Jibraeel-as, having descended from the sky among a group of Angels, and he-as gave glad tidings to that Angel of Allah-azwj being Pleased from him, and with his being returned to his former position. Then they arose with him to the sky, and they were glorifying Allah-azwj the Exalted. Then Jibraeel-as returned to the Prophet-saww and he-as was smiling, and he-as said: ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! That Angel is priding upon the Angels of the seven skies and is saying to them, ‘Who is like me, and I am in the intercession of the two chiefs, the two grandsons-asws, Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws’’. [207]
And he said, ‘It is narrated from Urwah Al Bariqy who said, ‘I performed Hajj in one of the years. I entered Masjid of Rasool-Allah-saww and I found Rasool-Allah-saww seated, and around him-saww were two young boys, and he-saww was kissing this one at times, and this one at other time. When the people saw him-saww doing that, they withheld from talking to him-saww until he-saww had fulfilled his-saww attention from them-asws, and they could not understand for which reason what his-saww love for them-asws. I came to him-saww while he-saww was doing that with them-asws, so I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! These two are your-saww sons-asws. He-saww said: ‘They-asws are two sons-asws of my-saww daughter-asws, and sons-asws of my-saww brother-asws and son-asws of my-saww uncle, and the most beloved of the men to me-asws, and one who is my-saww ears, and my-saww eyes, and the one his-asws soul is my-saww soul, and my-saww soul is his-asws soul, and one I-saww grieve of his-asws grief, and he-asws grieves to my-saww grief’. I said to him-saww, ‘I am surprised, O Rasool-Allah-saww, from your-saww deed, and your-saww love for them-asws’. He-saww said to me: ‘I-saww shall narrate to you, O you man! When there was an ascension with me to the sky and I-saww entered the Paradise, I-saww ended up to a tree in a garden of Paradise. I-saww was astounded from the wonderful aroma. Jibraeel-as said to me-saww: ‘O Muhammad-saww! Do not be astounded form this tree. Its fruits are even better than its aroma’. Jibraeel-as went on to gift me-saww from its fruits and feeding me-saww from its fruits, and I-saww was not getting filled from them. Then we passed by another tree. Jibraeel-as said to me-saww: ‘O Muhammad-saww! All this is from this tree, for it resembles the tree which you-saww have eaten the fruits from, and it is better in taste and of purer aroma’. He-saww said: ‘Jibraeel-as went on to gift me-saww with its fruits and making me-saww smell form its aroma, and I-saww was not getting filled from it. I-saww said: ‘O my-saww brother-as Jibraeel-as! I-saww have not seen among the trees any more aro