Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Jibril came to me and said: Your Lord loves four of your Companions, and He commands you to love them as well." One of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Messenger of Allah! Name them for us. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Ali is one of them. The next day the people said: O Messenger of Allah! The persons about whom Allah Almighty has told you that He loves them (who are they)? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ali, Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad and Salman al-Farisi." (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Al-Tirmidhi and others have also recorded it in abridged form.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Abd al-Nur bin Abdullah, whom Shu'bah declared a liar, while Ibn Hibban declared him thiqah (trustworthy).
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