Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 17957a
"لَوْ كنتُ مُتَّخِذًا مِنْ أُمَّتِي خَلِيلًا دُونَ رَبِّى لَاتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَلِيلًا، وَلَكِن أَخِى في الدِّينِ، وَصَاحِبى في الْغَارِ".
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"If I were to take a close friend from my Ummah apart from my Lord, I would have taken Abu Bakr as a close friend, but (he is) my brother in faith and my companion in the cave."
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Notes
[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري عن ابن الزبير، [خ] البخاري عن ابن عباس، الشيرازى في الألقاب عن سعد
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