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I heard ‘Ali (رضي الله عنه) say: Shall I not tell you of the best of this ummah after its Prophet (ﷺ)? [It is] Abu Bakr. Then he said: Shall I not tell you of the best of this ummah after Abu Bakr? [It is] ‘Umar (رضي الله عنه).

`Ali (رضي الله عنه) addressed us and said: Who is the best of this ummah after its Prophet (ﷺ) ? I said: You, O Ameer al-Mu`mineen. He said: No, the best of this ummah after its Prophet (ﷺ) is Abu Bakr, then `Umar (رضي الله عنهما), and it w

‘Ali (رضي الله عنه) said: O Abu Juhaifah, shall I not tell you of the best of this ummah after its Prophet (ﷺ) ? I said: Yes indeed, He [Abu Juhaifah] said: And I did not think that anyone was better than him. He [`Ali] said: The best of th

`Ali (رضي الله عنه) said: The best of this ummah after its Prophet (ﷺ) is Abu Bakr, and after Abu Bakr it is ‘Umar (رضي الله عنهما), and if I wanted to tell you of the third one, I could do so.

‘Ali (رضي الله عنه) said, when he finished with the people of Basrah: The best of this ummah after its Prophet (ﷺ) is Abu Bakr, and after Abu Bakr it is ‘Umar (رضي الله عنهما), then we got involved in matters which Allah will judge as He wi

I heard ‘Ali (رضي الله عنه) say: The best of this ummah after its Prophet (ﷺ) is Abu Bakr, then ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both.