The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was delivering a sermon to us when Hasan and Husayn came along, wearing red shirts, walking and stumbling. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ descended from the pulpit, picked them up, and placed them in front of him. Then he said, "Allah has spoken the truth, 'Your wealth and your children are only a trial' [Taghabun 64:15]. I looked at these two boys walking and stumbling, and I could not bear it until I interrupted my speech and lifted them up."
كان رسول الله ﷺ يخطبنا اذ جاء الحسن والحسين عليهما قميصان أحمران يمشيان ويعثران، فنزل رسول الله ﷺ من المنبر فحملهما ووضعهما بين يديه، ثم قال: صدق الله {إنما أموالكم وأولادكم فتنة} نظرت إلى هذين الصبيين يمشيان ويعثران فلم أصبر حتى قطعت حديثي ورفعتهما.
Abu Dawud (1109), Tirmidhi (3774), Nasai (1413, 1585), Ibn Majah (3600), Ibn Khuzayma (1456), Ibn Hibban (6039), and Hakim (1/287) all narrated it through various routes from Husayn bin Waqid, who said, "Abdullah bin Burayda narrated to me, saying, 'I heard my father Burayda say,'" and then he mentioned it.Tirmidhi said, "This is a hasan gharib hadith, we only know it through the narration of Husayn bin Waqid." This is as he said, for Husayn bin Waqid is hasan al-hadith.