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3721. Anas bin Mālik said: "There was a bird with the Prophet ﷺ, so he said: 'O Allāh, send to me the most beloved of Your creatures to eat this bird with me.' So 'Alī came and ate with him." (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Gharīb, we do not know of it as a narration of As-Suddī, except through this route. And this Hadīth has been related through more than one route from Anas.
['Eisā bin 'Amr is from Al-Kūfah] and As-Suddī's name is 'Ismā'īl bin 'Abdur-Rahmān (narrators in the chain), and lived during the time of Anas bin Mālik, and he saw Al-Husain bin 'Alī. [Shu'bah, Sufyān Ath-Thawrī and Zā'idah considered him trustworthy, and Yahyā bin Sa'eed Al-Qaṭṭān considered him trustworthy as well.]
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It is reported in Sahih narrations that the Prophet ﷺ loved ‘Ali more than anyone else. Replying to a question of ‘Amr bin Al-Aṣ the Prophet ﷺ said that Aishah was his beloved and she was more dear to him then anyone else, and among the men; her father, and then ‘Umar. (Faḥ Al-Bārī v. 7. p. 24.)
