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المعجم الأوسط
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (Tabarani)
باب الميم
Names Beginning with the Letter Mim
مَنِ اسْمُهُ مُحَمَّدٌ
Those Named Muhammad
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 7168 — whenever Sayyiduna Abu Bakr was mentioned
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ ، ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ، ثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ أَبُو عَتَّابٍ ، نَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ أَبُو هَارُونَ الْكُوفِيُّ ، ثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنْ صِلَةَ بْنِ زُفَرَ قَالَ : كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ، إِذَا ذُكِرَ عِنْدَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَالَ : I " السَّبَّاقَ تَذْكُرُونَ ، السَّبَّاقَ تَذْكُرُونَ ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا اسْتَبَقْنَا إِلَى خَيْرٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا سَبَقَنَا إِلَيْهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ I " .
Silah bin Zufar (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that whenever Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was mentioned in the presence of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), he would say: "You are mentioning the one who is foremost in outstripping (others); you are mentioning the one who is foremost in outstripping (others). By the One in whose Hand is my soul, we never strove to outstrip one another towards any good except that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) reached it before us."
