69. The Four Companions Most Loved By God
Back to book4-82 حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن يحيى العطار رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن الحسين بن سيف، عن أخيه علي بن سيف، عن أبيه سيف بن عميرة، عن محمد بن موسى، عن رجل من بني نوفل بن المطلب، عن أبيه، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام أنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: أحب الصحابة إلى الله عز وجل أربعة، وما زاد قوم على سبعة إلا زاد لغطهم
4-82 Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Aba Abdullah, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Sayf, on the authority of his brother Ali ibn Sayf, on the authority of his father Sayf ibn Umayrih, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Musa, on the authority of someone from the progeny of Nofl ibn al-Mutalib, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “The companions (on a trip) most loved by the Honorable the Exalted God are four. They will talk a lot and make too much noise if they are more than seven.”