Sahih al-Bukhari 3746
Sahih al-Bukhari · Book 62: Companions of the Prophet · The merits of Al-Hasan and Al-Husain رضي الله عنهما
Narrated Abu Bakra:
حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ ، سَمِعَ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ ، سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَالْحَسَنُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ، يَنْظُرُ إِلَى النَّاسِ مَرَّةً وَإِلَيْهِ مَرَّةً، وَيَقُولُ " ابْنِي هَذَا سَيِّدٌ، وَلَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُصْلِحَ بِهِ بَيْنَ فِئَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ " .
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) talking at the pulpit while Al-Hasan was sitting beside him, and he (i.e. the Prophet ) was once looking at the people and at another time Al-Hasan, and saying, "This son of mine is a Saiyid (i.e. chief) and perhaps Allah will bring about an agreement between two sects of the Muslims through him."