"عَنْ أنَسٍ قَالَ: قالُوا يَا رَسُولَ الله: أىُّ النَّاسِ أحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: عَائِشَةُ، قَالُوا مِنَ الرِّجَالِ، قال: أبوها إذن".
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Collected by Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī"It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Who is the most beloved of the people to you?' He said: ''Aishah.' It was said: 'From the men?' He said: 'Her father.'"
قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ عَائِشَةُ قِيلَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ قَالَ أَبُوهَا هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَنَسٍ
"It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, which of the people is most beloved to you?' He said: "Aishah.' It was asked, 'And among men?' He said: 'Her father.'"
قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ النَّاسِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ عَائِشَةُ قِيلَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ قَالَ أَبُوهَا
[Machine] I asked Aisha, "Who was the most beloved person to the Messenger of Allah?" She replied, "His father."
قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ أَيُّ النَّاسِ كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ قُلْتُ فَمِنَ الرِّجَالِ؟ قَالَتْ أَبُوهَا
ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ وَهِمَ فِي تَأْوِيلِهِ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْكِمْ صِنَاعَةَ الْحَدِيثِ
[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, who do you love the most among the people?" He said, "Aisha." So I said, "I do not mean women, but rather men." He said, "Abu Bakr" or he said, "her father."
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ «عَائِشَةُ» فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لَسْتُ أَعْنِي النِّسَاءَ إِنَّمَا أَعْنَى الرِّجَالَ فَقَالَ «أَبُو بَكْرٍ» أَوْ قَالَ «أَبُوهَا»
ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ كَانَ مِنْ أَحَبِّ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَيْهِ بَعْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ
[Machine] I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, who among the people do you love the most?" He said, "Aisha." I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, among the men?" He said, "Her father, Abu Bakr." I asked, "Then who?" He said, "Then Umar ibn al-Khattab."
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ «عَائِشَةُ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ؟ قَالَ «أَبُوهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ»
"It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, which of the people is most beloved to you?' He said: "Aishah.' It was asked, 'And among men?' He said: 'Her father.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 101)
يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ «عَائِشَةُ» قَالَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ قَالَ «أَبُو بَكْرٍ»
[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, who are the people you love the most?" He said, "And why?" I said, "I want to love whoever you love." He said, "Aisha."
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ «وَلِمَ؟» قُلْتُ لِأُحِبَّ مَنْ تُحِبُّ قَالَ «عَائِشَةُ»
"It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, which of the people is most beloved to you?' He said: "Aishah.' It was asked, 'And among men?' He said: 'Her father.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 101)
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ «عَائِشَةُ» قُلْتُ لَيْسَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ قَالَ «أَبُوهَا»
"عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ قَالَ: قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ الله: أَىُّ النَّاسِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: عَائِشَةُ، قَالَ: مِنَ الرِّجَالِ؟ قَالَ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ".