\nNarrated Ibn `Abbas:\n \n\n"Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in his fatal illness came out with a piece of cloth tied round his head and sat on the \npulpit. After thanking and praising Allah he said, "There is no one who had done more favor to me \nwith life and property than Abu Bakr bin Abi Quhafa. If I were to take a Khalil, I would certainly have \ntaken Abu- Bakr but the Islamic brotherhood is superior. Close all the small doors in this mosque \nexcept that of Abu Bakr."\n

\nNarrated Ibn `Abbas:\n \n\n"Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in his fatal illness came out with a piece of cloth tied round his head and sat on the \npulpit. After thanking and praising Allah he said, "There is no one who had done more favor to me \nwith life and property than Abu Bakr bin Abi Quhafa. If I were to take a Khalil, I would certainly have \ntaken Abu- Bakr but the Islamic brotherhood is superior. Close all the small doors in this mosque \nexcept that of Abu Bakr."\n

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجُعْفِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ، سَمِعْتُ يَعْلَى بْنَ حَكِيمٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ عَاصِبٌ رَأْسَهُ بِخِرْقَةٍ، فَقَعَدَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏\n"‏ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنَ النَّاسِ أَحَدٌ أَمَنَّ عَلَىَّ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ مِنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ، وَلَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا مِنَ النَّاسِ خَلِيلاً لاَتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَلِيلاً، وَلَكِنْ خُلَّةُ الإِسْلاَمِ أَفْضَلُ، سُدُّوا عَنِّي كُلَّ خَوْخَةٍ فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ غَيْرَ خَوْخَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ‏"‏‏.‏