Hadith Scan

We read in Tarikh Dimashq, Vol. 42 pg. 170:

“Jafar bin Abi Talib said: ‘When Hamza’s daughter arrived at Madina, Ali, Jafar and Zaid disputed about her, thus Allah’s messenger (a) said: ‘Tell me what is wrong?’ Zaid said: ‘She is my niece and I’m worthier to take her’. Ali said: ‘She is my cousin and I have brought her here’. Jafar said: ‘She is my cousin, and her aunt is my wife’. (The prophet) said: ‘O Jaffar, take her, you are worthier (to take care of her)’. Then Allah’s messenger said: ‘I will judge between you, as for you Zaid, you are my friend, and I’m your friend. As for you Jafar, you look like me physically and ethically. As for you Ali, your status to me is like the status of Aaron to Moses, except the prophethood’..”’.