2404 – ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Aḥmad narrated to us; he said: Abū Bakr ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Ziyād narrated to us; he said: Yūnus ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlā narrated to us; he said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Wahb narrated to us; he said: Mālik ibn Anas informed me, from Abū al-Naḍr Sālim, from ʿUbayd ibn Ḥunayn—Yūnus said: “I think it is from Abū Saʿīd.” ḥ

2405 – Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam likewise narrated to us; he said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Wahb narrated to us; he said: Mālik informed me, from Abū al-Naḍr, from ʿUbayd ibn Ḥunayn, from Abū Saʿīd ⦗1348⦘ that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat on the pulpit. ḥ

2406 – Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Fārisī also narrated to us; he said: Abū al-Qāsim Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Jarawī of Tinnīs narrated to us; he said: Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī—in the year 248 AH—narrated to us; he said: Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Uways narrated to us; he said: Mālik narrated to us, from Abū al-Naḍr, the freedman of ʿUmar ibn ʿUbayd Allāh, from ʿUbayd ibn Ḥunayn, from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat upon the pulpit and said: “The person who has shown me the greatest trust in his companionship and his wealth is Abū Bakr. Had I been allowed to take an intimate friend (khalīl) other than my Lord, I would certainly have taken Abū Bakr.” Ibn Wahb added: “as an intimate friend; rather, it is the brotherhood of Islam.” And in al-Bukhārī’s wording: “except for the bond of Islam. Let no door remain in the mosque except the door of Abū Bakr.” This report is recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim.