It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: (While still a child) I climbed up the pulpit to Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) and said to him: "Come down from the pulpit of my father (the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him) and go to the pulpit of your father." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said (with great tenderness): "My father never had a pulpit." Then he seated me in front of him, and meanwhile I began turning pebbles over in my hand. When he came down from the pulpit, he took me with him to his house and asked: "Who told you to say this?" I said: "No one told me to do this." He said: "Son, come to us often; come and visit us." Sayyiduna al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Then one day I came to him while he was in private (in some important consultation) with Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him). Meanwhile Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) came and (finding no opening to go in) went back; when I saw him going back, I too came back. After this incident, when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) met me, he asked: "Young man, I have not seen you coming to me?" I said: "I did come, but you were in private with Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him); meanwhile Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) came and went back, and when I saw him turning back, I too returned." At this Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You are far more entitled to be granted permission than Abdullah bin Umar. You are the crown upon our heads; we see none (above us) but Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, and you (the Ahl al-Bayt)." And Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) placed his hand on his (Sayyiduna al-Husayn's, may Allah be pleased with him) head.
Imam Ishaq bin Rahwayh narrated it in his Musnad (3/250, no. 1262), and its chain is sahih (authentic).
Hadith Referenceالمطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب المناقب / 3892
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده صحيح
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