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Al-Adab al-Mufrad 84

Chapter: A child is a source of both honour and cowardice

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Narrator:Ā’ishah

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ قَالَ‏:‏ كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ هِشَامٌ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ‏:‏ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَوْمًا‏:‏ وَاللَّهِ مَا عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ رَجُلٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ عُمَرَ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ رَجَعَ فَقَالَ‏:‏ كَيْفَ حَلَفْتُ أَيْ بُنَيَّةُ‏؟‏ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ، فَقَالَ‏:‏ أَعَزُّ عَلَيَّ، وَالْوَلَدُ أَلْوَطُ‏.‏

'A'isha said, "Abu Bakr said, 'By Allah, there is no man on the face of the earth that I love better than 'Umar.' Then he went out and came back and said, 'How did I swear, daughter?' I told him what he had said. Then he said, 'He is dearer to me although one's child is closer (to one's heart).'"

Cited in Al-Adab al-Mufrad (No. 84).

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