The Book of the Merits of the Companions

كتاب فضائل الصحابة رضى الله تعالى عنهم

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The Virtues Of Abu 'Ubaidah Bin Al-Jarrah (RA)

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Hadith 1

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ENGLISH

Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

If I were to choose amongst the people of earth someone as my bosom friend, I would have chosen the son of Abu Quhafa as my friends but God has taken your companion as a friend.

ARABIC

‏ لَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ خَلِيلاً لاَتَّخَذْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ خَلِيلاً وَلَكِنْ صَاحِبُكُمْ خَلِيلُ اللَّهِ ‏