Ayub reported,

"Had I taken a close friend, I would have taken him as my close friend, but the brotherhood of Islam is greater."Qutayba narrated to us, Abdul-Wahhab narrated to us, from Ayub, the like of it.

Bukhari 3657

Sahih

حدثنا معلى بن أسد وموسى بن إسماعيل التبوذكي قالا حدثنا وهيب

عن أيوب وقال

لو كنت متخذا خليلا لاتخذته خليلا ولكن أخوة الإسلام أفضل حدثنا قتيبة حدثنا عبد الوهاب عن أيوب مثله

البخاري 3657صحيح
Contents
Reference
Commentary
Ayat
Collection
Sahih Bukhari
Book
Virtues of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ
Chapter
Prophet's ﷺ saying, "If I were to take a close friend" as narrated by Abu Saeed
Numbering
Darussalam 3657
Bukhari 3657