ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ḥamdān al-Jallāb > Hilāl b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Raqqī from my father > Isḥāq b. Yūsuf > Abū Sinān > al-Ḍaḥḥāk > al-Nazzāl b. Sabrah > Wāfaqanā ʿAlī Ṭayyib al-Nafs / Yamzaḥ Faqulnā > Aṣḥābik

"We agreed with Ali, who had a good soul and was joking, so we said to him, tell us about your companions. He said, 'All the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ are my companions.' We then said, tell us about Abu Bakr. He said, 'That is a man whom Allah called "Siddiq" (the truthful) on the tongue of Jibril and Muhammad (peace be upon them).' Halal bin Al-`A'laa denies the hadith." – Repudiated

حَدَّثَنَاهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ حَمْدَانَ الْجَلَّابُ ثنا هِلَالُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ الرَّقِّيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ثنا أَبُو سِنَانٍ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ ثنا النَّزَّالُ بْنُ سَبْرَةَ قَالَ

وَافَقَنَا عَلِيًّا طَيِّبَ النَّفْسِ وَهُوَ يَمْزَحُ فَقُلْنَا حَدَّثَنَا عَنْ أَصْحَابِكَ قَالَ كُلُّ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَصْحَابِي فَقُلْنَا حَدَّثَنَا عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ «ذَاكَ امْرَؤٌ سَمَّاهُ اللَّهُ صِدِّيقًا عَلَى لِسَانِ جِبْرِيلَ وَمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمَا» هلال بن العلاء منكر الحديث – ضعيف منكر