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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 13870 — Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr wrote

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ، كَتَبَ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ: أَنَّ الَّذِي قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا خَلِيلًا حَتَّى أَلْقَى اللهَ سِوَى اللهِ لَاتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَلِيلًا» . فَكَانَ يَجْعَلُ الْجَدَّ أَبًا
Ibn Abi Mulaykah (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to the people of Iraq: The one about whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had said, "If I were to take anyone besides Allah as an intimate friend until I meet Allah, I would have taken Abu Bakr as an intimate friend" - he (Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him) used to count the grandfather as having the ruling of a father.
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 13870
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 13، صفحہ 112، حدیث 273