Look at the loving manner of the Grandfather and Grandson here! The beloved Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  desired that Imam Ḥusayn رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ would run and embrace him, but Imam Ḥusayn  رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُbegan running here and there, (as though he wished for his grandfather to catch him, and just as a child sometimes runs to play, and the father or guardian chases slowly, making the child laugh, similarly) the noble Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, allowed Imam Ḥusayn رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ  to laugh for a while before eventually catching him.

Thousands of salutations upon the blessed gazes of the noble Companions رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُم! These very fortunate individuals would note down the blessed mannerisms of the beloved Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  in such great detail. Just as it is mentioned in a narration that the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم held Sayyidunā Imam Ḥusayn رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ, placed one blessed hand beneath his chin, and the other blessed hand at the back of his head, lovingly kissed his face, and then said: حُسَیْنُ مِنِّی وَ اَنَا مِنْ حُسَیْن “Ḥusayn is from me and I am from Ḥusayn, اَحَبَّ اللہُ مَنْ اَحَبَّ حُسَیْنًا   Allah loves whoever loves Ḥusayn, حُسَیْنُ سِبْط مِنَ الْاَسْبَاطِ  Ḥusayn is a sibṭ among the asbāṭ.”^[1]

The meaning of sibṭ and the Eminence of Sayyidunā Imam Ḥusayn رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ

The meaning of sibṭ is a tree whose root is singular but whose branches are plentiful. The beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “Ḥusayn is a sibṭ,” meaning that just as the lineage of Sayyidunā YaꜤqūb عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم  flourished through his 12 sons and spread widely, similarly, Ḥusayn is my sibṭ, through whom my lineage will continue and spread across the East and West.^[2]