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"إِن اللهَ ﷻ اتخذنِي خليلا كما اتخذ إِبراهيم خليلا، وإن خليلى أبو بَكرٍ".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن أبي أمَامَة

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ahmad:3689 – Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. Murrah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'I have no need of the friendship of any Khalil (close friend) but if I were to have taken anyone as a close friend, I would have taken Abu Bakr as a close friend, but your companion is the close friend of Allah,'" (One of the narrators) Waki' said: (by the phrase 'your companion'), he was referring to himself. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 93)   

أحمد:٣٦٨٩ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَلَا إِنِّي أَبْرَأُ إِلَى كُلِّ خَلِيلٍ مِنْ خُلَّتِهِ وَلَوِ اتَّخَذْتُ خَلِيلًا لَاتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَلِيلًا إِنَّ صَاحِبَكُمْ خَلِيلُ اللهِ ﷻ  

ahmad:3580 – Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. Murrah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣiʿan ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'I have no need of the friendship of any Khalil (close friend) but if I were to have taken anyone as a close friend, I would have taken Abu Bakr as a close friend, but your companion is the close friend of Allah,'" (One of the narrators) Waki' said: (by the phrase 'your companion'), he was referring to himself. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 93)   

أحمد:٣٥٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِعَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنِّي أَبْرَأُ إِلَى كُلِّ خَلِيلٍ مِنْ خُلَّتِهِ وَلَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا خَلِيلًا لَاتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَلِيلًا وَإِنَّ صَاحِبَكُمْ خَلِيلُ اللهِ ﷻ  

ahmad:4121 – Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. Murrah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

" Messenger of Allah ﷺ is reported to have said: Behold I am free from the dependence of all bosom friends and if I were to choose anyone as bosom friend I would have taken Abu Bakr as my bosom friend. Allah has taken your companion as a friend. (Using translation from Muslim 2383e)  

أحمد:٤١٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَلَا إِنِّي أَبْرَأُ إِلَى كُلِّ خَلِيلٍ مِنْ خِلِّهِ وَلَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا خَلِيلًا لَاتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ إِنَّ صَاحِبَكُمْ خَلِيلُ اللهِ ﷻ  

hakim:4018 – Aḥmad b. Salmān al-Faqīh> Hilāl b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Raqqī > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Zayd b. Abū Unaysah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > Jundub

[Machine] He heard the Prophet ﷺ saying before his death, "Indeed, Allah has taken me as a close friend just as He took Ibrahim as a close friend."  

الحاكم:٤٠١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا هِلَالُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ ثنا جُنْدُبٌ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُتَوَفَّىَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ اتَّخَذَنِي خَلِيلًا كَمَا اتَّخَذَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلًا»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط البخاري ومسلم
tabarani:7816 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. Aʿyan al-Baghdādī > Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > Abū al-Muhallab al-Kinānī > ʿUbaydullāh b. Zaḥr > ʿAlī b. Yazīd > al-Qāsim > Abū Umāmah > Rasūl

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah has taken me as a close friend (Khalil) just as He took Ibrahim as a close friend (Khalil), and truly my close friend (Khalil) is Abu Bakr."  

الطبراني:٧٨١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ الْكِنَانِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَحْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ اتَّخَذَنِي خَلِيلًا كَمَا اتَّخَذَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلًا وَإِنَّ خَلِيلِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ»