مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 4354
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Original Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ، وَابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ: مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا، ، خَلِيلًا مِنْ أُمَّتِي (١) ، لَاتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَلِيلًا " (٢)،
Translation
English translation
It is narrated from Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "If I were to take a close friend (khalil) from among my Ummah, I would have taken Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)."
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This is Hadith 4354 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 26, Musnad of Abdullah bin Mas'ood, as in-book entry 807.
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مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 4354
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