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The Virtues OfThe Companions Of TheMessenger Of Allāh ﷺ

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Darussalam · Volume 1

The Book Of The Sunnah

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الحديث: 93 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 36

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93. It was narrated that 'Abdullāh said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'I have no need of the friendship of any Khalil (close friend) but if I were to have taken anyone as a close friend, I would have taken Abu Bakr as a close friend, but your companion is the close friend of Allāh.'" (One of the narrators) Waki' said: (by the phrase 'your companion'), he was referring to himself. (Sahih)

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93 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَلَا إِنِّي أَبْرَأُ إِلَى كُلِّ خَلِيلٍ مِنْ خُلَّتِهِ، وَلَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا خَلِيلًا، لَاتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَلِيلًا، إِنَّ صَاحِبَكُمْ خَلِيلُ اللَّهِ» ، قَالَ وَكِيعٌ: يَعْنِي نَفْسَهُ

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The Prophet ﷺ has said: "Verily, Allāh has taken me as His Khalil just as He had taken Ibrāhīm His Khalil. (Muslim: H. 532) The Hadith affirms the superior position of Abu Bakr ﷺ since the Prophet ﷺ declared him as deserving the highest level of his love.