Children

With a child on each knee

Usāma sat on one thigh and Ḥasan on the other, and he ﷺ held them both.

اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْهُمَا فَإِنِّي أَرْحَمُهُمَا

Allāhumma-rḥamhumā fa-innī arḥamuhumā.

“O Allah, have mercy on them, for I am merciful to them.”

One was his grandson and one was the son of a freed slave, and he made no distinction between the two knees.

The full narration

Narrated Usama bin Zaid:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to put me on (one of) his thighs and put Al-Hasan bin `Ali on his other thigh, and then embrace us and say, "O Allah! Please be Merciful to them, as I am merciful to them

Source

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 6003

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