Sunan Abu Dawood 4626

Ibn Umar said: We used to say in the times of the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم: We do not compare anyone with Abu Bakr. Umar came next and then Uthman. We then would leave (rest of) the companions of the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم without..

Ibn Umar said: When the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم was alive, we used to say: The most excellent member of the community of the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم after himself is Abu Bakr, then Umar, then Uthman. ..

Muhammad bin al-Hanafiyyah said: I said to my father: Which of the people after the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم is best? He replied: Abu Bakr. I then asked: Who comes next? He said: Umar. I was then afraid of asking him who came next,..

Muhammad al-Firyabl said: I heard Sufyan say: If anyone thinks that ‘All (Allah be pleased with him) was more deserving for the Caliphate than both of them, he imputed error to Abu Bakr, Umar, the Muhajirun (Immigrants), and the Ansar (Helpers)..

Sufyan al-Thawri said: The Caliphs are five: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, ‘All and Umar bin Abd al-Aziz. ..

Ibn Abbas said: Abu Hurairah said that a man came to the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and said: I saw (in my dream) a piece of cloud from which ghee and honey were dropping. I saw the people spreading their hands. Some of them took much..