Musnad Ahmad 888

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

رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا

Shall I not tell you of the best of this ummah after its Prophet? Abu Bakr, then ʻUmar

Musnad Ahmad 888, Book 5, Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Hadith 360. 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