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Sahih al-Bukhari 6738صحيح البخاري 6738
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ أَمَّا الَّذِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا مِنْ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ خَلِيلاً لاَتَّخَذْتُهُ، وَلَكِنْ خُلَّةُ الإِسْلاَمِ أَفْضَلُ ". أَوْ قَالَ " خَيْرٌ ". فَإِنَّهُ أَنْزَلَهُ أَبًا. أَوْ قَالَ قَضَاهُ أَبًا.
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The person about whom Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If I were to take a Khalil from this nation (my followers), then I would have taken him (i.e., Abu Bakr), but the Islamic Brotherhood is better (or said: good)," regarded a grandfather as the father himself (in inheritance).
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
إسماعيل بن إبراهيم بن معمر ← عبد الوارث بن سعيد ← أيوب بن أبي تميمة ← عكرمة ← عبد الله بن عباس
Isma'il ibn Ibrahim ibn Ma'mar → Abd al-Warith ibn Sa'id → Ayyub ibn Abi Tamima → Ikrima → Ibn `Abbas
