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Musnad Ahmad 837

I heard Ali (رضي الله عنه) say: The best of this ummah after its Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) are Abu Bakr and Umar (رضي الله عنهما), and if I wanted, I could tell you of the third one.

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حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، ح و حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ

سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا وَلَوْ شِئْتُ لَحَدَّثْتُكُمْ بِالثَّالِثِ

I heard Ali (رضي الله عنه) say: The best of this ummah after its Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) are Abu Bakr and Umar (رضي الله عنهما), and if I wanted, I could tell you of the third one.

Musnad Ahmad 837, Book 5, Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Hadith 309. 1 min read

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Who passed it on, from Imam Ahmad back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam AhmadCompiler, died 241 AH
  2. 2Sufyan ibn UyaynahTold us, Third generation, died 197 AH
  3. 3Ismail ibn Abi KhalidFrom, Successor, died 136 AH
  4. 4Amir ash-ShabiFrom, Successor, died 103 AH
  5. 5Wahb ibn AbdullahFrom, Companion, died 74 AH

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