—may Allah’s blessings be upon him—went over to a water-skin, squeezed it into a cup, and was about to give it to al-Hasan. Al-Husayn stretched out his hand to take the water, but the Prophet gently moved him aside and began with al-Hasan. Fāṭimah remarked, “Does it seem that you love him more?” He replied, “He asked for it first.”
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Whenever Fāṭimah—may Allah be pleased with her—entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he would take her by the hand, greet her warmly, and seat her where he himself had been sitting. Likewise, whenever he visited her, she would rise to meet him, welcome him, take his hand, and kiss it.

During the illness in which he passed away, she came to him; he whispered something to her and she wept, then he whispered to her again and she laughed. ʿĀʾishah was observing and said to herself, “I had thought this woman excelled all other women, but now—”