‏فضائل الصحابة‏ : Hadeeth No:5874 Abdullah reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: If I were to choose amongst the people of earth someone as my bosom friend, I would have chosen the son of Abu Quhafa as my friends but God has taken your companion as a friend....

‏الإيمان : Hadeeth No:377 Ma'bad b. Hilal al 'Anazi reported: We went to Anas b. Malik through Thabit and reached there (his house) while he was offering the forenoon prayer. Thabit sought permission for us and we entered, and he seated Thabit with him on his bedstead. He (Thabit) said to him (Anas b. Malik): O Abu Hamza (ku...