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Musnad Ahmad 978

Shall I not tell you of the best of this ummah after its Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)? Abu Bakr, then the best of it after Abu Bakr is Umar (رضي الله عنهما), then Allah puts goodness wherever He wills.

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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ، أَنْبَأَنَا خَالِدٌ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ خَيْرٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ، هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ خَيْرُهَا بَعْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُ اللَّهُ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ أَحَبَّ

Shall I not tell you of the best of this ummah after its Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)? Abu Bakr, then the best of it after Abu Bakr is Umar (رضي الله عنهما), then Allah puts goodness wherever He wills.

Musnad Ahmad 978, Book 5, Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Hadith 450. 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. 2عَبْد اللَّهِTold us
  3. 3Wahb ibn BaqiyyahTold me, Fourth generation, died 239 AH
  4. 4Khalid ibn Abdullah at-TahhanReported to us, Third generation, died 179 AH
  5. 5Ata ibn as-SaibFrom, Successor, died 133 AH
  6. 6Abd Khayr ibn YazidFrom, Successor, died 81 AH
  7. 7Ali ibn Abi TalibFrom, Companion, died 40 AH

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