Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3718
جامع الترمذي#3718Da'ifNarrated Buraidah:that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Indeed Allah has ordered me to love four, and He informed me that He loves them." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah! Name them for us." He said: "'Ali is among them," saying that three times, "And Abu Dharr, Al-Miqdad, and Salman. And He ordered me to love them, and He informed me that He loves them
Scholarly Authentication
We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:
Ahmad Muhammad ShakirDaif
Al-AlbaniDaif
Bashar Awad MaaroufHasan
Zubair Ali ZaiIsnaad Hasan
In-book reference: 49:115