Musnad Ahmad — Hadith #45318

Aswad told us, meaning Ibn Amir, Israel told us, on the authority of Abu Ishaq, on the authority of Hani bin Hani, on the authority of Ali, may God be pleased with him, he said I came to the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, Ja’far, and Zaid. He said to Zaid, “You are my master.” He turned away and said to Ja’far, “You resemble me.” My character and my character. He said, so he stood behind Zaid. He said, “And he said to me, ‘You are of me and I am of you.’ He said, ‘So I stood behind Ja’far.’”