Sunan Abi Dawud · Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)
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Chapter: Order Of The Companions In Respect Of Merit.
5 hadith · references 4627–4631
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Abu Dawud · 4627لَا نَعْدِلُ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ أَحَدًا ثُمَّ عُمَرَ ، ثُمَّ عُثْمَانَ ، ثُمَّ نَتْرُكُ أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا نُفَاضِلُ بَيْنَهُمْIbn Umar said: We used to say in the times of the Prophet ﷺ: We do not compare anyone with Abu Bakr. Umar came next and then Uthman. We then would leave (rest of) the companions of the Prophet ﷺ without treating any as s6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4628كُنَّا نَقُولُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حي أَفْضَلُ أُمَّةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، ثُمَّ عُمَرُ ، ثُمَّ عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَIbn Umar said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was alive, we used to say: The most excellent member of the community of the Prophet ﷺ after himself is Abu Bakr, then Umar, then Uthman.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4629قُلْتُ لِأَبِي أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ قَالَ : أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : ثُمَّ مَنْ ؟ قَالَ : ثُمَّ عُمَرُ ، قَالَ : ثُمَّ خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ : ثُمَّ مَنMuhammad bin al-Hanafiyyah said: I said to my father: Which of the people after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is best? He replied: Abu Bakr. I then asked: Who comes next? He said: Umar. I was then afraid of asking him who cam6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4630مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام كَانَ أَحَقَّ بِالْوِلَايَةِ مِنْهُمَا فَقَدْ خَطَّأَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ، وَعُمَرَ ، وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ ، وَالْأَنْصَارَ ، وَمَا أُرَاهُ يَرْتَفِعُ لَهُ مَعَ هَذَا عَمَلٌ إِلَى السMuhammad al-Firyabl said: I heard Sufyan say: If anyone thinks that ‘All (Allah be pleased with him) was more deserving for the Caliphate than both of them, he imputed error to Abu Bakr, Umar, the Muhajirun (Immigrants),3 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4631الْخُلَفَاءُ خَمْسَةٌ : أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، وَعُمَرُ ،وَعُثْمَانُ ، وَعَلِيٌّ ، وَعُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْSufyan al-Thawri said: The Caliphs are five: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, ‘All and Umar bin Abd al-Aziz.4 narrators