Omitting the chains of narrators it is narrated from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a) through his forefathers that Imam Husain (a) said: A Bedouin came to meet the Holy Prophet (s). The Prophet came to him wrapped in a beautiful deep red sheet.
The Bedouin said: O Messenger of Allah (s), you have come dressed like a young man!
His Eminence said: O Bedouin, I am not only young, I am also the son of a young man and brother of a young man.
Bedouin: You may be a young man, but how you can be the son and brother of a young man?
His Eminence asked: Have you not heard the following statement of Almighty Allah?
قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا فَتًى يَذْكُرُهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ﴿٦٠﴾
“They said: We heard a youth called Ibrahim speak of them (criticize the idols).”1
1 Surah Anbiya 21:60.
Ibrahim (a) was a youth and I am his son and as far as being the brother of a youth is concerned, during the Battle of Uhad, a caller was heard saying: ‘No brave youth like Ali and no sword like Zulfiqar.’ That youth, Ali is my brother and I am his brother.2
2- Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a) said: In the Battle of Badr, an angel called out from the heavens. The name of this angel was Rizwan and he called out:
‘No brave youth like Ali and no sword like Zulfiqar.’3 This same traditional report is mentioned in Ahle Sunnat sources as well. Thus, Samani, in the book of Fadhailus Sahaba and Ibne Maghazi Shafei in Manaqib have also narrated this same tradition from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a).
2 Amali, Saduq, Pg. 167, Tr. 10; Maaniul Akhbaar, Pg. 119; Biharul Anwar, Vol. 42, Pg. 64, Tr. 6.
3 Rauzatul Waizeen, Pg. 128.