My mother asked me, "How long has it been since you last visited the Prophet ﷺ?"I told her, "Such and such a time."She rebuked me harshly and cursed me.I said to her, "Let me be. I will go to the Prophet ﷺ and pray Maghrib with him, then I will not leave him until he asks forgiveness for me and for you."So I went to the Prophet ﷺ and prayed Maghrib with him. The Prophet ﷺ then prayed Isha, after which he turned to leave. I followed him, but something appeared to him and spoke with him privately, then departed. I continued to follow him, and he heard my footsteps.He asked, "Who is this?"I replied, "Hudhayfah."He asked, "What brings you here?"I told him the matter, and he said, "May Allah forgive you and your mother."Then he asked, "Did you see the figure that appeared to me just now?"I said, "Yes."He said, "That was an angel from among the angels who had never descended to the earth before this night. He sought permission from his Lord to greet me and to give me the good news that Hasan and Husayn are the masters of the youth of Paradise, and that Fatimah is the mistress of the women of Paradise."
حدثنا حسين بن محمد حدثنا إسرائيل عن ميسرة بن حبيب عن المنهال بن عمرو عن زر بن حبيش
سألتني أمي منذ متى عهدك بالنبي ﷺ قال فقلت لها منذ كذا وكذا قال فنالت مني وسبتني قال فقلت لها دعيني فإني أاتي النبي ﷺ فأصلي معه المغرب ثم لا أدعه حتى يستغفر لي ولك قال فأتيت النبي ﷺ فصليت معه المغرب فصلى النبي ﷺ العشاء ثم انفتل فتبعته فعرض له عارض فناجاه ثم ذهب فاتبعته فسمع صوتي فقال من هذا فقلت حذيفة قال ما لك فحدثته بالأمر فقال غفر الله لك ولأمك ثم قال أما رأيت العارض الذي عرض لي قبيل قال قلت بلى قال فهو ملك من الملائكة لم يهبط الأرض قبل هذه الليلة فاستأذن ربه أن يسلم علي ويبشرني أن الحسن والحسين سيدا شباب أهل الجنة وأن فاطمة سيدة نساء أهل الجنة رضي الله عنهم
Its chain of transmission is sahih. Maysara bin Habib is deemed trustworthy, and his hadith appears in the Sunan. Minhal bin Amr Asadi is trustworthy, and his hadith appears in Bukhari. The hadith was narrated by Tirmidhi 5/660, no. 3781, in the chapter on virtues, where he said, hasan gharib. Also by Nasai, no. 193 and 2600, in the chapter on the virtues of the companions. And Ibn Khuzayma, 2/207, no. 1194.