Jami at-Tirmidhi 3778
Jami at-Tirmidhi · Book 49: Chapters on Virtues · The Virtues of Al-Hasan And Al-Husain, May Allah Be Pleased With Them Both
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنَا خَلاَّدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ ، قَالَتْ حَدَّثَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ، قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابْنِ زِيَادٍ فَجِيءَ بِرَأْسِ الْحُسَيْنِ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ بِقَضِيبٍ لَهُ فِي أَنْفِهِ وَيَقُولُ مَا رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَ هَذَا حُسْنًا لَمْ يُذْكَرْ . قَالَ قُلْتُ أَمَا إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنْ أَشْبَهِهِمْ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ .
"I was with Ibn Ziyad and the head of Al-Husain was brought. He began to poke it in the nose with a stick that he had, saying: 'I do not see the like of this as beautiful, why is he mentioned as such?'" He said: "I said: 'Behold, he was of the closest of them in resemblance to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).'"
Grade: Sahih (Darussalam)