Sunan Ibn Majah 102

Translation

"I said to 'Aishah: 'Which of the (Prophet's) Companions was most beloved to him?' She said: 'Abu Bakr.' I said: 'Then which of them?' She said: ''Umar.' I said: 'Then which of them?' She said: 'Abu 'Ubaidah.'"

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Sahih Ibn Hibban 6885Sahih Ibn Hibban 7107al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8071

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿĀʾishah bt. Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

   Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AH
   عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقا
   قلت
2. 2
   ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq

   Trustworthy (thiqah), with some hostility toward ʿAlī (naṣb) in himd. during the governorship of al-Ḥajjāj b. Yūsuf over Iraq, or 108 AH
   عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍثقة ، فيه نصب
   عن
3. 3
   al-Jurayrī

   trustworthy (thiqah); his memory became confused (ikhtalaṭa) three years before his deathd. 144 AH
   الْجُرَيْرِيُّثقة ، اختلط قبل موته بثلاث سنين
   أخبرني
4. 4
   Abū Usāmah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt); he sometimes practiced concealment (tadlīs), and toward the end of his life he used to narrate from the books of others.d. 200 AH, or 201 AH
   أَبُو أُسَامَةَثقة ثبت ، ربما دلس ، وكان بآخره يحدث من كتب غيره.
   حدثنا
5. 5
   ʿAlī b. Muḥammad

   trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 233 AH, or shortly before or shortly after it, also said: 235 AH
   عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍثقة عابد
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Ibn Mājah

   one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AH
   ابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ

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