Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3657
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ، وَمُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ التَّبُوذَكِيُّ ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، وَقَالَ، " لَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا خَلِيلاً لاَتَّخَذْتُهُ خَلِيلاً، وَلَكِنْ أُخُوَّةُ الإِسْلاَمِ أَفْضَلُ " . حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، مِثْلَهُ.
Translation
Mu‘alla ibn Asad and Musa ibn Isma‘il al-Tabudhaki reported to us; they both said: Wuhayb reported to us, from Ayyub, who said: ‘If I were to take an intimate friend, I would have taken him as an intimate friend. But the brotherhood of Islam is better.’ Qutayba reported to us: ‘Abd al-Wahhab reported to us, from Ayyub, the same wording.