hear the rest of this blessed Hadith, just imagine! What a beautiful and magnificent scene this must have been! اللہ! اللہ! Which place was it? The second most excellent masjid in the world, al-Masjid al-Nabawī! What was the time? The time immediately following the Asr Salah, which is of the greatest importance. Who was sitting before them? The most excellent people of the most excellent Ummah, the noble Companions رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُم!

Who was the speaker? The most excellent and exalted of all creation, the Imam of all Prophets صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! Now, how beautiful, how virtuous, how supreme, and how unique that gathering was! What is the topic of this grand, blessed congregation? The virtues of the Ḥasanain Karīmain رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُما!

سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه  What a high status these two noble grandsons hold! Now, hear the rest of the blessed Hadith:

The noble Messenger صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم still had both of them seated on his shoulders. In this state, he addressed the noble Companions رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُم and said: “O people! اَلَا اُخْبِرُکُمْ بِخَیْرِ النَّاسِ جَدًّا وَ جَدَّۃً  Shall I not tell you about those whose maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother are better than the maternal grandfather and grandmother of all other people?” Then he asked: اَلَا اُخْبِرُکُمْ بِخَیْرِ النَّاسِ عَمًّا وَ عَمَّۃً؟ “Shall I not tell you about those whose paternal uncle and paternal aunt are better than the paternal uncle and paternal aunt of all other people?” اَلَا اُخْبِرُکُمْ بِخَیْرِ النَّاسِ خَالًا وَ خَالَۃً؟  “Shall I not tell you about those whose maternal uncle and maternal aunt are better than the maternal uncle and maternal aunt of all other people?” اَلَا اُخْبِرُکُمْ بِخَیْرِ النَّاسِ اَبًّا وَ اُمًّا؟ “Shall I not tell you about those whose father and mother are the most excellent of all?”

The Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم continued to ask these questions, and then he himself began to provide the answers. He said: ہُمَا الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَینُ “O people! Listen!! The fortunate ones I am speaking of are none other than Ḥasan and