Hadith 133

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Abdullah Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ibrahim, from Umar, from Bashir, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza who said, ‘A man from the friends of Abu Al-Hassan-asws entered and said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! I would love it if you-asws could have lunch with me-asws’. Abu Al-Hassan-asws stood up until he-asws went with him and entered the house, and there in the house was a bed. He-asws sat upon the bed, and beneath the bed was a pair of doves. The male cooed to the female, and the man went to carry the food. He returned and Abu Al-Hassan-asws was chuckling. He said, ‘May Allah-azwj Keep you-asws chuckling all your-asws age! What made you-asws chuckle? ’
He-asws said: ‘This dove cooed to this female dove and said to her, ‘O my co-habitant and my bride! By Allah-azwj! There is no one upon the surface of the earth more beloved than you apart from this one seated upon the bed’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! And you-asws understand the speech of birds? ’ He-asws said: We have been Taught the speech of the birds and have been Given from all things [27: 16]’’. [148]