مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب المناقب
The Book of Merits
(أَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ)
(The most beloved person to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith 6023
وَعَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَهُ عَلَى جَيْشِ ذَاتِ السَّلَاسِلِ قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ: أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: «عَائِشَةُ» . قُلْتُ: مِنِ الرِّجَالِ؟ قَالَ: «أَبُوهَا» . قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: «عُمَرُ» . فَعَدَّ رِجَالًا فَسَكَتُّ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي فِي آخِرهم. مُتَّفق عَلَيْهِ
`Amr b. al-'As told that when God's messenger sent him as head of the army to Dhat as-Salasil[*] he went to him and asked him which of the people he liked best. On his replying that it was `A'isha, he said he was referring to men, and he replied that it was her father. He asked who came next, and when he replied that it was `Umar and went on to enumerate some men, he asked him no more from fear that he might put him among the last of them. *In 8 AH. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
