Musnad Ahmad 887

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حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ خَيْرٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا

The best of this ummah after its Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) are Abu Bakr and Umar (رضي الله عنهما).

Musnad Ahmad 887, Book 5, Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Hadith 359. 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. 2Sufyan ibn UyaynahTold us, Third generation, died 197 AH
3. 3Abu Ishaq as-SabiiFrom, Successor, died 126 AH
4. 4Abd Khayr ibn YazidFrom, Successor, died 81 AH
5. 5Ali ibn Abi TalibFrom, Companion, died 40 AH