156 - ‘Abd Allāh narrated to us: My father narrated to me: ‘Abd al-Razzāq narrated to us: Ma‘mar informed us, from Abū Ishāq, from Abū al-Ahwas, from Ibn Mas‘ūd, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

“Were I to take anyone as an intimate friend, I would take Ibn Abī Quhāfa as an intimate friend.”