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 880
اُردوEn
(حديث موقوف) حَدَّثَنَا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ . ح وأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ ، سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، يَقُولُ : " خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، وَلَوْ شِئْتُ لَحَدَّثْتُكُمْ بِالثَّالِثِ " .
It is narrated from Abu Juhaifa that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The best person in this Ummah after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is Sayyiduna Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), and after Sayyiduna Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) is Sayyiduna Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with him), and if I wish, I can also mention the name of the third person.
