Sahih al-Bukhari 3655
The merits of Abu Bakr ᴿᴬ
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ
كُنَّا نُخَيِّرُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فِي زَمَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَنُخَيِّرُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ثُمَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ ؓ
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Chain of narrators
- ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh
- Sulaymān
- Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd
- Nāfiʿ
- Ibn ʿUmar
We used to compare the people as to who was better during the lifetime of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. We used to regard Abu Bakr as the best, then ʿUmar, and then ʿUthman.
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