Musnad Ahmad 988

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حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، وَشُعْبَةَ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ خَيْرٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ عُمَرُ

Shall I not tell you of the best of this ummah after its Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)? Abu Bakr, then ʻUmar (رضي الله عنهما).

Musnad Ahmad 988, Book 5, Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Hadith 460. 1 min readCopy the reference

The chain

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

1. 1Imam AhmadCompiler, died 241 AH
2. 2Waki ibn al-JarrahTold us, Third generation, died 196 AH
3. 3Sufyan ath-ThawriFrom, Third generation, died 159 AH
4. 4Shubah ibn al-HajjajWith, Third generation, died 160 AH
5. 5Habib ibn Abi ThabitFrom, Successor, died 119 AH
6. 6Abd Khayr ibn YazidFrom, Successor, died 81 AH
7. 7Ali ibn Abi TalibFrom, Companion, died 40 AH