Sirat Ibn Hisham 1639
A statement by the Prophet ﷺ and his singling out of Abū Bakr for mention
[ كَلِمَةٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَاخْتِصَاصُهُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ بِالذِّكْرِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: حَدَّثَنِي أَيُّوبُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ عَاصِبًا رَأْسَهُ حَتَّى جَلَسَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، ثُمَّ كَانَ أَوَّلُ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ أَنَّهُ صَلَّى عَلَى أَصْحَابِ أُحُدٍ، وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمْ، فَأَكْثَرَ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِمْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إنَّ عَبْدًا مِنْ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ خَيَّرَهُ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ الدُّنْيَا وَبَيْنَ مَا عِنْدَهُ، فَاخْتَارَ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ. قَالَ: فَفَهِمَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعَرَفَ أَنَّ نَفْسَهُ يُرِيدُ، فَبَكَى وَقَالَ: بَلْ نَحْنُ نَفْدِيكَ بِأَنْفُسِنَا وَأَبْنَائِنَا، فَقَالَ: عَلَى رِسْلِكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اُنْظُرُوا هَذِهِ الْأَبْوَابَ اللَّافِظَةَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَسُدُّوهَا إلَّا بَيْتَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَإِنِّي لَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا كَانَ أَفْضَلَ فِي الصُّحْبَةِ عِنْدِي يَدًا مِنْهُ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَيُرْوَى: إلَّا بَابَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ بَعْضِ آلِ أَبِي سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُعَلَّى: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، قَالَ يَوْمئِذٍ فِي كَلَامِهِ هَذَا: فَإِنِّي لَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا مِنْ الْعِبَادِ خَلِيلًا لَاِتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَلِيلًا، وَلَكِنْ صُحْبَةٌ وَإِخَاءُ إيمَانٍ حَتَّى يَجْمَعَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا عِنْدَهُ
Translation
✧ [A word of the Prophet ﷺ and his singling out Abū Bakr for mention] Ibn Isḥāq said: Al-Zuhrī said: Ayyūb b. Bashīr narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out with his head bandaged until he sat on the minbar. Then the first thing he spoke was to pray over the martyrs of Uḥud and ask forgiveness for them, and he prayed over them at length. Then he said: "A servant among Allah's servants whom Allah gave the choice between this world and what is with Him, and he chose what is with Allah." He said: Abū Bakr understood it and knew that he meant himself, so he wept and said: "Rather, we ransom you with our own selves and our children." He said: "Gently, O Abū Bakr." Then he said: "Look at these doors opening into the mosque, and close them except the house of Abū Bakr, for I know no one who was more excellent in companionship toward me than him." Ibn Hishām said: It is also related: "except the door of Abū Bakr." Ibn Isḥāq said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAbd Allāh narrated to me from some of the family of Abū Saʿīd b. al-Muʿallā that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that day in this speech of his: "If I were to take a close friend from among the servants, I would take Abū Bakr as a close friend, but it is companionship and brotherhood of faith until Allah gathers us together with Him."
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