In Praise of Hassan ibn Thabit

75. And by this chain, from Abaan, from Uqba Bin Basheer Al-Asady, from Al-Kumeyt Bin Zayd Al-asady who said: ‘I came up to Abu Ja’far عليه الصلاة والسلام, so he عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘By Allah عز وجل, O Kumeyt, if we عليه الصلاة والسلام had in our عليه الصلاة والسلام possession some wealth, we عليه الصلاة والسلام would have given you from it, but for you is what the Rasool صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم Allah عز وجل said to Hassan Bin Sabit: ‘The Holy Spirit will not cease to be with you so long as you defend us صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم’. I said, ‘Inform me about the two men (Abu Bakr and Umar)’. He (the narrator) said: ‘He عليه الصلاة والسلام took the pillow and folded it unto his عليه الصلاة والسلام chest’ and said: ‘By Allah عز وجل, O Kumeyt, there is no blood spilled unlawfully, nor any wealth taken without right, and not stone turned from another stone except that it would be upon their necks’.