Hadith 55

(The book) ‘Dalail Al Tabari’ – from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Muhammad Bin Yusuf, from Ali Bin Dawood Al Haza, from Al Fuzeyl Bin Yasaar, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I was in his-asws presence when I looked at a pair of pigeons with him-asws. The male was cooing to the female. He-asws said: ‘Do you know what he is saying? ’ I said, ‘No’. He-asws said: ‘He is saying, ‘O my co-dweller! O my bride! Allah‑azwj has not Created any creature more beloved to me than you, except if it happens to be Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws’’. [72]
(The book) ‘Hayaat Al Haywaan’ – It is reported by Abu Dawood and Ibn Maja Al Tabrani, and Ibn Hibban, by a good chain from Abu Hureyra (a well-known fabricator), ‘The Prophet-saww saw a man pursuing a pigeon. He-saww said: ‘A Satan-la pursuing his Satan-la’’. And it is reported: ‘A Satan-la pursuing a Satan-la’’. [73] (From a non-Shia source)
And it is reported by Ibn Qanie, and Al Tabrani, from Habeen Bin Abdullah Bin Abu Kabasha, from his father, from his grandfather, ‘The Prophet-asws, it used to fascinate him-saww to be looking at the citron and the red dove’’. [74] (From a non-Shia source)
And it is reported by Al Hakim in ‘Tareekh Al Neysabour’, from Ayesha who said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww, it used to fascinate him-saww to look at the greenery and to the red dove’’. [75] (From a non-Shia source)
And in ‘Amal Al Yawm Wa Al Layla’ of Ib Al Sunny, from Khalid Bin Ma’dan, from Muaz Bin Jabal, ‘Ali-asws complained to the Prophet-saww of the loneliness, so he-saww instructed to keep a pair of pigeons, and that he-asws should mention Allah-azwj the Exalted during its cooing’’. [76] (From a non-Shi