Hadith #303
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْأَزْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ خَيْرٍ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا
English Translation
It was narrated that ‘Abd Khair al-Hamdani said: I heard `Ali (رضي الله عنهما) say on the minbar: Shall I not tell you of the best of this ummah after its Prophet? Then he mentioned Abu Bakr. Then he said: Shall I not tell you of the second one? Then he mentioned `Umar (رضي الله عنهما). Then he said: If I wished, I could tell you of the third one, And he kept quiet. We thought that he meant himself. I go deaf.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 5, Hadith 303
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 864
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-37254