Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:1697 ثنا أَسْلَمُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ عِيسَى الطَّائِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْحَكِيمِ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُحَادَةَ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ جُنْدُبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ يُسَمِّعْ يُسَمِّعِ اللهُ بِهِ وَمَنْ يُرَائِي يُرَائِي اللهُ بِهِ وَمَنْ كَانَ ذَا لِسَانَيْنِ فِي الدُّنْيَا جَعَلَ اللهُ لَهُ لِسَانَيْنِ مِنْ نَارٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
English Translation
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "I stand before Allah absolved of having taken any intimate friend. If I were to take an intimate friend from the people of the earth, I would have taken Abu Bakr as an intimate friend. Indeed, your companion is the intimate friend of Allah (referring to himself)."