[Machine] He heard a reader reciting, "O you who have believed, fear Allah and seek the means [of nearness] to Him." (Quran 5:35) He said, "The near ones know that the son of Umm Abd is closest to Allah as a means, according to the criteria of Bukhari and Muslim, among the companions of Muhammad peace be upon him."
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ قَارِئًا يَقْرَأُ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَابْتَغُوا إِلَيْهِ الْوَسِيلَةَ} [المائدة 35] قَالَ الْقُرْبَةَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمَ الْمَحْفُوظُونَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَنَّ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ مِنْ أَقْرَبِهِمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَسِيلَةً على شرط البخاري ومسلم