Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-904b
" عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ: عَنْ الأَصْبَغ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِعَلِىٍّ: مَنْ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ رَسُول الله ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدَيقُ، ثُمَّ عُمَرُ، ثُمَّ عثمَانُ، ثُمَّ أَنَا يَاصْبَغُ سَمِعْتَ وِإِلاَّ فَصُمَّتا، وَرَأَيْتَ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ وَإلاَّ فَعَمِيْتَا وهُوَ يَقُولُ: مَا خَلَقَ الله مَوْلُودًا في الإِسْلاَمِ أَتْقَى، وَلاَ أَزْكَى، وَلاَ أَعْدَلَ، وَلاَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَبِى بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Saʿd b. Ṭarīf
- al-Aṣbagh b. Nubātah
- Qult
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"From Sa'd ibn Tarif, from al-Asbagh ibn Nubatah, he said: I said to 'Ali: 'Who is the best of people after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' He said: 'Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, then 'Umar, then 'Uthman, then I, O Asbagh. Hear it, or else may both your ears be deaf; and you saw the Prophet ﷺ, or else may your eyes be blind, while he was saying: 'Allah has not created a child in Islam more pious, purer, more just, or more excellent than Abu Bakr al-Siddiq.'"
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أبو العباس الوليد بن أحمد، الدورقى في كتاب شجرة العقل
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