مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
مسند الخلفاء الراشدينMusnad of the Rightly Guided Caliphs
مسنَدِ عَلِیِّ بنِ اَبِی طَالِب رَضِیَ اللَّه عَنهMusnad of Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith 835
اُردوEn
(حديث موقوف) حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، أخبرنا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي الْغُدَانِيَّ الْأَشَلَّ ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو جُحَيْفَةَ ، الَّذِي كَانَ عَلِيٌّ يُسَمِّيهِ : وَهْبَ الْخَيْرِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ لي عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : يَا أَبَا جُحَيْفَةَ ، أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِأَفْضَلِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ؟ قَالَ : قُلْتُ : بَلَى ، قَالَ : وَلَمْ أَكُنْ أَرَى أَنَّ أَحَدًا أَفْضَلُ مِنْهُ ، قَالَ : " أَفْضَلُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، وَبَعْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، وَبَعْدَهُمَا آخَرُ ثَالِثٌ " ، وَلَمْ يُسَمِّهِ .
Abu Juhaifah – whom Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to call Wahb al-Khair – narrates that I once heard Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) saying during a sermon: “Shall I not tell you who is the best person in this Ummah after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?” Abu Juhaifah says: I said, “Of course,” and I thought that there was no one better than him himself. He (Ali) said: “It is Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), and after Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), the best person in this Ummah is Sayyiduna Umar al-Faruq (may Allah be pleased with him), and after them is a third man, but Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) did not mention his name.”
