مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الفضائلBook of Virtues
ما ذكر في أبي بكر الصديق ﵁Narrations Mentioning the Virtue of Abu Bakr (RA)
Hadith 34127
٣٤١٢٧ - حدثنا يزيد قال: أخبرنا العوام عن (ابن) (١) أبي الهذيل قال: قال رسول اللَّه ﷺ: "ما من أحد (أَمَنَّ) (٢) علينا في ذات يده من أبي بكر، ولو كنت متخذًا خليلًا لاتخذت أبا بكر؛ ولكن أخي وصاحبي وعلى ديني، وصاحبكم قد اتخذ خليلًا" -يعني نفسه (٣).
Hazrat Abu Al-Huzail (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No one has done more favor to me than Abu Bakr, even more than my own self, and if I were to take anyone as a friend, I would have taken Abu Bakr. But he is my religious brother and companion, and indeed your companion has been taken as a friend, meaning the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself.
