It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I proposed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for marriage to his daughter Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her). So Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sold a coat of armour of his and some other belongings of his, whose value reached 480 dirhams. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered: 'Two-thirds of this amount should be spent on buying perfume and one-third on clothing.' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also rinsed his mouth into a jar of water and ordered them (Ali and Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with them both)): 'They should bathe with this water.' And he (peace and blessings be upon him) also instructed Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her): 'She should not nurse her child before him (peace and blessings be upon him) (but should wait for him (peace and blessings be upon him) to come).' The narrator said: Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) went ahead of him (peace and blessings be upon him) in nursing Sayyiduna al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him), while about Sayyiduna al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) he said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) put something into his blessed mouth, I do not know what it was, and he was the more knowledgeable of the two (brothers)."
[Takhrij: Musnad Abi Ya'la: 3961; the men of its chain are thiqat (trustworthy) except al-Mundhir bin Tha'labah, who is saduq (truthful).]
Hadith Referenceالمطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب المناقب / 3961
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده صحيح
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