2420 – Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān told us; he said: Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṣāʿid told us; he said: ʿAlī ibn Saʿīd ibn Masrūq al-Kindī narrated to us; he said: ʿAlī ibn Mushir narrated to us, from Ismāʿīl, from Qays, from ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ ⦗1353⦘: I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, “Messenger of Allah, which of all people is most beloved to you?” He replied, “ʿĀʾishah.” I said, “I am not asking about women; I am asking about the men.” He answered, “Abū Bakr,” or, “Her father.”