Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34381 — Reports on Jafar bin Abi Talib

Amir (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) married Sayyidah Asma bint Umays (may Allah be pleased with her), and the sons of Sayyidah Asma, Muhammad bin Ja'far and Muhammad bin Abi Bakr, began boasting to each other. Each of them said: "I am more honourable than you, and my father is better than your father." At this Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to her: "Judge between them." So Sayyidah Asma (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "I have not seen any young man among the Arabs better than Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him), and I have not seen any older man better than Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to her: "You have left nothing for us! Had you answered anything other than this, I would have been very displeased with you." Sayyidah Asma (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "By Allah, three men of whom you are the least are indeed the best of men."