Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ عَن الْحَسَنِ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي فَإِذَا سَجَدَ وَثَبَ الْحَسَنُ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ وَعَلَى عُنُقِهِ فَيَرْفَعُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَفْعًا رَفِيقًا لِئَلَّا يُصْرَعَ قَالَ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رَأَيْنَاكَ صَنَعْتَ بالْحَسَنِ شَيْئًا مَا رَأَيْنَاكَ صَنَعْتَهُ قَالَ إِنَّهُ رَيْحَانَتِي مِنْ الدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّ ابْنِي هَذَا سَيِّدٌ وَعَسَى اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنْ يُصْلِحَ بِهِ بَيْنَ فِئَتَيْنِ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ.
English Translation
Affan told us, Mubarak ibn Fadalah told us, from al-Hasan, Abu Bakrah informed me, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to pray, and when he prostrated, al-Hasan would jump onto his back and his neck, so the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would raise himself gently so that he would not fall. He said: He did that more than once. When he finished his prayer, they said: "O Messenger of Allah, we saw you do with al-Hasan something we have never seen you do." He said: "He is my sweet basil from this world, and this son of mine is a noble leader, and perhaps Allah, Blessed and Exalted, will reconcile through him two factions of the Muslims."