Musnad Ahmad 1052

Translation

✧ Indeed, the best of this community after its Prophet is Abu Bakr, then 'Umar.

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What scholars said about it

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• Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr

  قد ثبت عنه رضي الله عنه أنه فضل أبا بكر على نفسه من طرق صحاح

  machine translationIt is established from him, may God be pleased with him, that he preferred Abū Bakr over himself through sound (ṣaḥīḥ) chains of transmission. Report a problem

  in مسند أحمد, p. 1059
• Dāraquṭnī

  وقول من ذكر المسيب أصح

  machine translationAnd the statement of the one who mentioned al-Musayyab is more authentic (aṣaḥḥ). Report a problem

  in مسند أحمد, p. 1059

Other narrations of this report

Sahih al-Bukhari 3671

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   Commander of the Faithful (amīr al-muʾminīn), well-known, of abundant virtues (jamm al-manāqib)d. 23 AH, also said: 24 AH
   عُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابأمير المؤمنين مشهور جم المناقب
   سمعت
2. 2
   ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

   One of the ten (promised Paradise)d. 40 AH
   عَلِيًّاأحد العشرة
   سمعت
3. 3
   ʿAbd Khayr

   mukhaḍram, trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 81 AH and 90 AH
   عَبْدِ خَيْرٍمخضرم ، ثقة
   عن
4. 4
   Al-Musayyab b. ʿAbd Khayr

   trustworthy (thiqah)
   الْمُسَيِّبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ خَيْرٍثقة
   عن
5. 5
   Yūnus b. Khabbāb

   Truthful (ṣadūq), makes mistakes, and accused of Rafḍ.d. between 131 and 140 AH
   يُونُسُ بْنُ خَبَّابٍصدوق يخطئ ورمي بالرفض .
   أخبرني
6. 6
   Shihāb b. Khirāsh

   truthful (ṣadūq), makes mistakes (yukhṭiʾ)d. between 171 and 180 AH
   شِهَابُ بْنُ خِرَاشٍصدوق يخطئ
   حدثنا
7. 7
   al-Ḥakam b. Mūsā

   truthful (ṣadūq)d. 232 AH, also said: 235 AH
   أَبُو صَالِحٍ الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مُوسَىصدوق
   حدثنا
8. 8
   ʿAbdullāh

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 290 AH, or 297
   عَبْدُ اللهِثقة

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