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ahmad-zuhd:576 – ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. ʿAbbād al-Makkī > Ḥātim b. Ismāʿīl > Ibn ʿAjlān > ʿĀmir b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr from his father > ʿUmar Dhakar Abū Bakr / > al-Minbar

[Machine] That Umar mentioned Abu Bakr while he was on the pulpit and said, "Indeed, Abu Bakr was a leading and outstanding person."  

الزهد لأحمد:٥٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْمَكِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ عُمَرَ ذَكَرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ كَانَ سَابِقًا مُبْرِزًا  

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suyuti:1-414b – ʿBd Allāh b. al-Zbyr n ʿMr b. al-Khṭāb Dhkr Bā Bkr Whw ʿLá al-Mnbr Fqāl n Abū
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السيوطي:١-٤١٤b –

"عنْ عبد الله بن الزبير أن عمر بن الخطاب ذكر أبا بكر وهو على المنبر فقال: (إنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ كَانَ سَابِقًا مُبَرِّزًا) ".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة [حم] أحمد فيه وخَيثمة الأطرابلسى في فضائل الصحابة