"He Resembles the Prophet"

A few days after the Prophet's death ﷺ, Abu Bakr prayed the afternoon prayer and came out walking with 'Ali beside him. He saw al-Hasan, then a boy of about seven, playing with other children, and lifted him onto his shoulder.

"By my father," Abu Bakr said, "he resembles the Prophet, not 'Ali" — and 'Ali laughed (Sahih al-Bukhari 3542). Anas later said that no one resembled the Prophet ﷺ more than al-Hasan.

In the newly bereaved city, the caliph carried the Prophet's grandson on his shoulders, and the boy's father laughed beside him. Whatever later generations would argue about, this is how the Companions themselves were seen together.