Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-1011b
"عَنْ شُرَيْحٍ القاضِى قَالَ: سَمعْتُ عَلِىَّ بْنَ أَبِى طَالِبٍ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ عُمَرُ، ثُمَّ عُثْمَانُ، ثُمَّ أَنَا".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Shurayḥ al-Qāḍiá
- Samʿt ʿAli b. Abiá Ṭālib
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Shurayh the judge said: I heard Ali ibn Abi Talib say from the pulpit: "The best of this ummah after its Prophet is Abu Bakr, then 'Umar, then 'Uthman, then I."
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Notes
ابن شاهين في مشيخته، [خط] الخطيب [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
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