Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-2394b
"عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ، عَنِ الأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نَبَاتَةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِعَلِىٍّ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ: مَنْ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ، قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: ثُمَّ عُمَرُ، قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ مَنْ؟، قَالَ: ثُمَّ عُثْمَانُ، قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ بِعَيْنىَّ هَاتَيْنِ وَإلَّا فَعَمِيَتَا، وَأُذُنَىَّ هَاتَيْنِ وَإِلَّا فَصُمَّتَا يَقُولُ: مَا وُلِدَ فِى الإِسْلَامِ مَوْلُودٌ أَزْكَى وَلَا أَطهَرُ وَلَا أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَبِى بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ عُمَرَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Saʿd b. Ṭarīf
- al-Aṣbagh b. Nabātah
- Qult
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Narrated from Sa'd ibn Tarif, from al-Asbagh ibn Nubatah, who said: I said to 'Ali: 'O Commander of the Faithful, who is the best of people after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' He said: 'Abu Bakr.' I said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Then 'Umar.' I said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Then 'Uthman.' I said: 'Then who?' He said: 'I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with these two eyes of mine, or else may they be blinded, and heard him with these two ears of mine, or else may they be deafened, saying: No one was born in Islam who is purer, more righteous, or more excellent than Abu Bakr, then 'Umar.'"
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Notes
[كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
machine translation[Kar] Ibn ʿAsākir, in his Tārīkh.
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