Hadith #121
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ حَدَّثَنَا بَحِيرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ قَالَ وَفَدَ الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ مَعْدِي كَرِبَ وَعَمْرُو بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ لِلْمِقْدَامِ أَعَلِمْتَ أَنَّ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ
تُوُفِّيَ فَرَجَّعَ الْمِقْدَامُ فَقَالَ لَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ أَتُرَاهَا مُصِيبَةً فَقَالَ وَلِمَ لَا أَرَاهَا مُصِيبَةً وَقَدْ وَضَعَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حِجْرِهِ وَقَالَ هَذَا مِنِّي وَحُسَيْنٌ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُمَا
Isnad Chain
حيوة بن شريح
بقية
بحير بن سعد
خالد بن معدان
English Translation
Ḥaywah ibn Shurayḥ narrated to us, Baqiyyah narrated to us, Baḥīr ibn Saʿd narrated to us, from Khālid ibn Maʿdān, who said: Al-Miqdām ibn Maʿdī Karib and ʿAmr ibn al-Aswad visited Muʿāwiyah as a delegation. Muʿāwiyah said to al-Miqdām: "Did you know that al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī has passed away?" Al-Miqdām made istirjāʿ [said: Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn]. Muʿāwiyah said to him: "Do you consider it a calamity?" He said: "Why would I not consider it a calamity when the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ placed him in his lap and said: 'This one is from me, and Ḥusayn is from ʿAlī' رضي الله تعالى عنهما?"
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 121
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16559
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52949