Arabic (Original)
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ إِنَّ الَّذِي قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا خَلِيلًا سِوَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُ لَاتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ جَعَلَ الْجَدَّ أَبًا.
English Translation
He said: Yahya ibn Sa'id told us, from Ibn Juraij, from Ibn Abi Mulaykah, from Ibn az-Zubayr, who said: "The one to whom the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, 'Had I taken a close friend other than Allah, Mighty and Majestic, until I meet Him, I would have taken Abu Bakr' — he made the grandfather [inherit] as a father."