حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ مُوسَی وَسُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيکٌ عَنْ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ الْإِيَادِيِّ عَنْ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَنِي بِحُبِّ أَرْبَعَةٍ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ يُحِبُّهُمْ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ هُمْ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ مِنْهُمْ يَقُولُ ذَلِکَ ثَلَاثًا وَأَبُو ذَرٍّ وَسَلْمَانُ وَالْمِقْدَادُ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 149
Ibn Buraidah narrated that his father said: “The Messenger of Allah p.b.u.h said: ‘Allah has commanded me to love four people, and He told me that He also loves them.’ He was asked: 0 Messenger of Allah, who are hey?’ He said: “Ali is one of them’ and he said that three ‘and Abu Dharr, Salman Miqdâd.”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020