Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3654
حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَالِمٌ أَبُو النَّضْرِ، عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ خَطَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم النَّاسَ وَقَالَ " إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَيَّرَ عَبْدًا بَيْنَ الدُّنْيَا وَبَيْنَ مَا عِنْدَهُ فَاخْتَارَ ذَلِكَ الْعَبْدُ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ". قَالَ فَبَكَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَعَجِبْنَا لِبُكَائِهِ أَنْ يُخْبِرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ عَبْدٍ خُيِّرَ. فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم هُوَ الْمُخَيَّرُ وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَعْلَمَنَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ مِنْ أَمَنِّ النَّاسِ عَلَىَّ فِي صُحْبَتِهِ وَمَالِهِ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، وَلَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا خَلِيلاً غَيْرَ رَبِّي لاَتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، وَلَكِنْ أُخُوَّةُ الإِسْلاَمِ وَمَوَدَّتُهُ، لاَ يَبْقَيَنَّ فِي الْمَسْجِد ِباب إِلاَّ سُدَّ، إِلاَّ باب أَبِي بَكْرٍ ".
ʿAbdullah ibn Muhammad narrated to me: Abu ʿAmir narrated to us: Fulayh narrated to us, saying: Salim Abu al-Nadr narrated to me, from Busar ibn Saʿid, from Abu Saʿid al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed the people and said, “Allah gave a servant the choice between this world and what is with Him, and that servant chose what is with Allah.” Abu Bakr wept, and we were astonished at his weeping over the mention of a servant who had been given a choice. It was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ himself who had been given the choice, and Abu Bakr was the most knowledgeable among us. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Of all people, Abu Bakr has favored me most through his companionship and wealth. If I were to take an intimate friend besides my Lord, I would have taken Abu Bakr; but there is the brotherhood and affection of Islam. No door opening into the mosque should remain except the door of Abu Bakr.”