Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3657
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ أَىُّ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ قَالَتْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ . قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَتْ عُمَرُ . قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَتْ ثُمَّ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ . قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ فَسَكَتَتْ . قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Dawraqi narrated to us: Isma‘il ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, from al-Jurayri, from ‘Abdullah ibn Shaqiq, who said: I asked ‘A’ishah, ‘Which of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was most beloved to him?’ She said, ‘Abu Bakr.’ I asked, ‘Then who?’ She said, ‘‘Umar.’ I asked, ‘Then who?’ She said, ‘Then Abu ‘Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah.’ I asked, ‘Then who?’ She fell silent. He said: This is a hasan sahih hadith.