Muslim 532 — Had I taken a bosom friend, it would have been Abu Bakr
مسلم 532 — «لو كنت متخذا خليلا لاتخذت أبا بكر خليلا»
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«سمعت النبي قبل أن يموت بخمس وهو يقول: «إني أبرأ إلى الله أن يكون لي منكم خليل؛ فإن الله تعالى قد اتخذني خليلا كما اتخذ إبراهيم خليلا، ولو كنت متخذا من أمتي خليلا لاتخذت أبا بكر خليلا»»
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- Abu Bakr al-Siddiq· Muhammad· Ibrahim (Abraham)
People and things also explored
Mecca· Abu Bakr leads the prayers during the final illness· The conversion of Abu Quhafa· Abu Sufyan's mission to Medina· The three years of the secret call· After Badr: the dead, the captives, the spoils, and the news in Mecca and Medina· The day of Badr: the lines, the duels and the victory· The Badr war council
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- Sahih Muslim
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islam.museum contributors. “Muslim 532 — Had I taken a bosom friend, it would have been Abu Bakr”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muslim-0532/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.