Sahih Muslim Hadith 6170 – The Virtues Of AbÜ

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[6170] 2 – (2382) It was narrated from AN Weed that the Messenger of Allah sat on the Minbar and said: "Allah has given a slave the choice between being given the delights of this world or that which is with Him, and he has chosen that which is with Him." Abñ Bakr wept and wept, and said: "May our fathers Virtues Of The Companions 239 and mothers be ransomed for you." The Messenger of Allah was the one who had been given J6, :3 LJ the choice, and AN Bakr was the one among us who knew it best. :JU The Messenger of Allah said: "The most generous of the people to me with his wealth and his companionship is AN Bakr. If I were to have taken a KhalIl (close friend) I would have taken AN Bakr as a KhalIl, but there is the brotherhood of Islam. And no door to the Masjid (from any house) should be left open except the door of AN Bakr."