‏فضائل الصحابة‏ : Hadeeth No:5872 Abdullah reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: If I were to choose from my Umma anyone as my bosom friend, I would have chosen Abu Bakr....

‏البر والصلة والآداب‏ : Hadeeth No:6372 Abu Huraira reported that a woman came to Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) with her child and said: Allaah's Messenger, he is ailing, and I am afraid (that he may die), as I have already buried three. Thereupon he said: It (their sad demise) would be a protection against Hell-Fire for...