Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 18125a
"لَيتَنِي لَقِيتُ إِخُوَانِي، فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّهُمْ، فَقَال أَبُو بَكْرٍ: أَلَيسَ نَحْنُ إِخْوَانَكَ؟ قَال: لَا، أَنْتُمْ أَصْحَابِى، إِخْوَانِي الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَرَوْنِي وَآمَنُوا بي وَصَدَّقونِي وَأَحَبُّونِي، حَتَّى إِنِّي أَحَبُّ إِلَى أَحَدِهِمْ مِنْ وَالِدِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ، أَلا تُحبُّ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ قَوْمًا أَحَبُّوكَ بِحُبِّى إِيَّاكَ؟ قَال: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ الله، قَال: فَأَحِبَّهُمْ مَا أَحَبُّوكَ بِحُبِّى إِيَّاكَ".
Translation
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“I wish I could meet my brothers, for I love them.” Abu Bakr said: “Are we not your brothers?” He said: “No, you are my companions. My brothers are those who have not seen me, yet believed in me, trusted me and loved me. Indeed, I love one of them more than his father and his child. Do you not love, O Abu Bakr, a people who love you as I love you?” He said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: “Then love them as they love you.”
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أَبو نعيم في فضائل الصحابة عن نافع أَبي هرمز عن أَنس، وأَبو هرمز متروك
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