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Sahih al-Bukhari 3542صحيح البخاري 3542
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، قَالَ صَلَّى أَبُو بَكْرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ الْعَصْرَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ يَمْشِي فَرَأَى الْحَسَنَ يَلْعَبُ مَعَ الصِّبْيَانِ، فَحَمَلَهُ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ وَقَالَ بِأَبِي شَبِيهٌ بِالنَّبِيِّ لاَ شَبِيهٌ بِعَلِيٍّ. وَعَلِيٌّ يَضْحَكُ.
Narrated `Uqba bin Al-Harith: (Once) Abu Bakr offered the `Asr prayer and then went out walking and saw Al-Hasan playing with the boys. He lifted him on to his shoulders and said, " Let my parents be sacrificed for your sake! (You) resemble the Prophet (ﷺ) and not `Ali," while `Ali was smiling.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
الضحاك بن مخلد بن الضحاك ← عمر بن سعيد ← عبد الله بن عبيد الله ← عقبة بن الحارث بن عامر
Al-Dahhak ibn Makhlad ibn al-Dahhak → Umar ibn Sa'id → Abdullah ibn Ubaydullah → `Uqba bin Al-Harith
