al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 3558
✧ Khalaf b. al-Hasan al-Wasiti, the Dictator
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حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ قَالَ: نَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ قَالَ: نَا إِسْحَاقُ الْأَزْرَقُ، عَنْ عَوْفٍ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ قَالَ:
قُلْتُ لِأَبِي: يَا أَبَةِ، مَنْ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: " أَبُو بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ عُمَرُ.
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- Khalaf b. al-Ḥasan al-Wāsiṭī
- al-Ḥasan b. Khalaf al-Wāsiṭī
- Isḥāq al-Azraq
- ʿAwf al-Aʿrābī
- Muḥammad Ibn al-Ḥanafiyyah
✧ I said to my father: "O father, who is the best of people after the Messenger of God ﷺ?" He said: "Abu Bakr, then 'Umar."
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