Hadith 3658
´Narrated Abu Sa'eed:` that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Indeed the people of the higher levels, will be seen by those who are beneath them like the stars which appear far off in the sky. And indeed Abu Bakr and 'Umar are among them, and they have done well."
Hadith 3670
´Narrated Ibn 'Umar:` that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Abu Bakr: "You are my companion at the Hawd, and my companion in the cave."
Hadith 3785
حَدَّثَنَا
ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا
سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ
كَثِيرٍ النَّوَّاءِ، عَنْ
أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ، عَنِ
الْمُسَيِّبِ بْنِ نَجَبَةَ، قَالَ : قَالَ
عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنَّ كُلَّ نَبِيٍّ أُعْطِيَ سَبْعَةَ نُجَبَاءَ , أَوْ نُقَبَاءَ ، وَأُعْطِيتُ أَنَا أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ " ، قُلْنَا : مَنْ هُمْ ؟ قَالَ : " أَنَا , وَابْنَايَ , وَجَعْفَرُ , وَحَمْزَةُ , وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ , وَعُمَرُ , وَمُصْعَبُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ , وَبِلَالٌ , وَسَلْمَانُ , وَالْمِقْدَادُ , وَحُذَيْفَةُ , وَعَمَّارٌ , وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ ، وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ مَوْقُوفًا .
´Narrated Al-Musayyab bin Najabah:` "'Ali bin Abi Talib said: 'The Prophet SAW said: "Indeed every Prophet is given seven select attendants" - or he said: "guards" - "and I was given fourteen." We said: "Who are they?" He said: 'Myself, my two sons (Al-Hasan and Al-Husain), Ja'far, Hamzah, Abu Bakr, 'Umar, Mus'ab bin 'Umair, Bilal, Salman, 'Ammar, Al-Miqdad, Hudhaifah, Abu Dharr, and 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud.'"