Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3653
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنَا فِي الْغَارِ لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ نَظَرَ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيْهِ لأَبْصَرَنَا. فَقَالَ " مَا ظَنُّكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ بِاثْنَيْنِ اللَّهُ ثَالِثُهُمَا ".
Translation
Muhammad ibn Sinan narrated to us: Hammam narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas, from Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: While I was in the cave, I said to the Prophet ﷺ, “If one of them looked beneath his feet, he would see us.” He replied, “Abu Bakr, what do you think of two when Allah is their third?”