that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered upon Fatimah one day while Ali was asleep. She was lying down, with her children beside her. Hasan asked for a drink, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went to a lactating she-camel and milked it for them. He brought the milk, whereupon Husayn awoke and began trying to drink before him, until he cried. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
“Your brother asked for a drink before you.”
Fatimah said, “Is Hasan more favored by you?” He replied:
“He is not more favored by me than his brother. Rather, they are equal in my regard; and I and you…” The hadith.
Then al-Tabarani transmitted it (1017), with this chain of transmission, from Sa'id ibn Abd al-Karim ibn Sulayt al-Hanafi, from Amr ibn Abi al-Miqdam … through the chain previously cited from al-Tayalisi, with similar wording.
I say: In my view, this is a rejected chain of transmission. Its defect is Muhammad ibn Hubban al-Mazini (1), al-Tabarani’s shaykh, whom they deemed weak. Muhammad ibn Ali al-Suri said:
“Weak.”
Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id, the hadith master, said:
“He narrates rejected reports.”
This is stated in Tarikh al-Khatib (5/231–232). However, he narrated from Abu al-Qasim Abd Allah ibn Ibrahim al-Abanduni (2) that he said: