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 ؓ
Translation
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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Other narrations of this report
Sahih al-Bukhari 3697al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 8710Musnad al-Bazzar 5871Musnad Abi Ya'la 5602Musnad Abi Ya'la 5603Musnad Abi Ya'la 5605
Narrators
- One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثرعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a well-known jurist (faqīh)d. 116 AH, or 117 AH, or 118 AH, or 119 AH, or 120 AHنَافِعٍثقة ثبت فقيه مشهورعن
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 143 AH or 144 AH, also said 146 AHيَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍثقة ثبتعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 172 AH, or: 177 AHسُلَيْمَانُثقةحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 211 and 220 AHعَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِثقةحدثنا
- a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AHالْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث
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Commentaries
Fatḥ al-Bārī (Ibn Ḥajar)
ʿUmdat al-Qārī (Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī)
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