2520 – ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Zādān reported to us; he said: Ishāq ibn Muḥammad narrated to us; he said: ʿAlī ibn Ḥarb narrated to us; he said: Ibn Fuḍayl, from Hishām, from his father, from ʿĀʾishah, who said:

Abu Bakr declared, “There is no one on the face of the earth more beloved to me than ʿUmar.” He then asked, “How did I put that?” When we repeated his words back to him, he added, “In fact, he is dearer to me even than my own child.”