مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الفضائلBook of Virtues
ما ذكر في أبي بكر الصديق ﵁Narrations Mentioning the Virtue of Abu Bakr (RA)
Hadith 34125
٣٤١٢٥ - حدثنا إسماعيل بن علية عن يونس عن الحسن قال: قال رجل لعمر: يا خير الناس، فقال: إني لست بخير الناس، فقال: واللَّه ما رأيت (قط رجلًا) (١) خيرا منك، قال: ما رأيت أبا بكر؟ قال: لا، قال: لو قلت: نعم، لعاقبتك، قال: وقال عمر: (من بلهم) (٢) بيني وبين أبي بكر، يوم من أبي بكر خير من آل عمر (٣).
Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that a man called out to Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: "O best of the people!" So Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "Surely, I am not the best among the people." Then that man said: "By Allah, I have never seen anyone better than you!" Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Have you not seen Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)?" He said: "No!" Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If you had said: 'Yes!' I would certainly have punished you." The narrator says that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "One day from the life of Abu Bakr is better than all the deeds of the family of Umar."
