Sunan Ibn Majah 93

سنن ابن ماجه#93Sahih

It was narrated that 'Abdullah said:"The Messenger of Allah said: 'I have no need of the friendship of any Khalil (close friend) but if I were to have taken anyone as a close friend, I would have taken Abu Bakr as a close friend, but your companion is the close friend of Allah,'" (One of the narrators) Waki' said: (by the phrase 'your companion'), he was referring to himself

Scholarly Authentication

We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:

Al-AlbaniSahih

Muhammad Fouad Abd al-BaqiSahih

Shuaib Al ArnautSahih

Zubair Ali ZaiSahih Muslim

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