This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters and the one narrated on the authority of Abdullah (the words are):
" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) is reported to have said: Behold I am free from the dependence of all bosom friends and if I were to choose anyone as bosom friend I would have taken Abu Bakr as my bosom friend. Allah has taken your companion as a friend.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَوَكِيعٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ، إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، كُلُّهُمْ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، وَأَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُمَا - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
أَلاَ إِنِّي أَبْرَأُ إِلَى كُلِّ خِلٍّ مِنْ خِلِّهِ وَلَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا خَلِيلاً لاَتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَلِيلاً إِنَّ صَاحِبَكُمْ خَلِيلُ اللَّهِ
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Isnad
12 transmitters- 1Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybaKufa · d. ~235 AH
- 2Muhammad bin Khazim al-Dariral-Kufa · d. 195 AH
- 3Waki' bin al-JarrahKufa · d. ~197 AH
- 4Ishaq bin Ibrahim bin Muhammadal-Basra · d. 253 AH
- 5Jarir bin 'Abdullah al-BajliMedina/Kufa · d. ~51 AH
- 6Muhammad bin Yahya bin Abi 'Umar'Aden,Makkah · d. 243 AH
- 7Sulaiman al-A'mashal-Kufa · d. 147 AH
- 8Muhammad bin 'Abdullah bin NumayrHamadan,al-Kufa · d. 234 AH
- 9'Abdullah bin Sa'id al-Ashajal-Kufa · d. 257 AH
- 10Waki' bin al-JarrahKufa · d. ~197 AH
- 11Sulaiman al-A'mashal-Kufa · d. 147 AH
- 12'Abdullah bin Marrah al-KharfiHamadan,al-Kufa · d. 100 AH or before
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 44, Hadith 8
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 31, Hadith 5875 (deprecated numbering scheme)