مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب المناقب
The Book of Merits
(حَضْرَةُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا سَيِّدَا كُهُولِ الجَنَّةِ)
(Hazrat Abu Bakr and Umar, may Allah be pleased with them, are the leaders of the middle-aged in Paradise)
Hadith 6059
وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ سَيِّدَا كُهُولِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ إِلَّا النَّبِيين وَالْمُرْسلِينَ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
Anas reported God's messenger as saying, "Abu Bakr and `Umar will be the chiefs of the middle-aged inhabitants of paradise, of those who belonged to earliest and latest times, except the prophets and messengers."
