1633 — Abū al-Hasan Ali ibn Ishāq ibn Zātiyā informed us, saying: Uthmān ibn Abī Shayba narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Asadī narrated to us, from Umar ibn Saīd ibn Abī Husayn, who said: Abd Allah ibn Abī Mulayka narrated to me, from Uqba ibn al-Hārith, who said: “A few nights after the death of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him—I left the afternoon prayer in the company of Abū Bakr al-Siddīq—may Allah be pleased with him—while Ali ibn Abī Tālib—may Allah be pleased with him—was walking beside him. He passed Hasan ibn Ali—may Allah be pleased with him—while he was playing with the boys, so Abū Bakr al-Siddīq—may Allah be pleased with him—lifted him onto his shoulders and began to say:

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May my father be ransomed for him—the Prophet’s very likeness …
He bears no resemblance to Ali!

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Ali—may Allah be pleased with him—was laughing.”