Saying · After Abu Bakr RA's death, during Asma bint Umays RA's marriage to Ali ibn Abi Talib RA
Okay, your mother will be the judge: you decide between your two sons. Which of the two is better?
Ali teased Asma after her sons Muhammad ibn Ja'far and Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr fell into a dispute over whose father was greater.
Saying · After Abu Bakr RA's death, during Asma bint Umays RA's marriage to Ali ibn Abi Talib RA
As for the young men, then Ja'far is the sayyid of them. As for the wise, senior men, then Abu Bakr is the sheikh of them.