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ahmad:16709 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad > Abū Maʿmar > Ibn Abū Ḥāzim > Jāʾ a man > ʿAlī b. Ḥusayn

[Machine] What was the status of Abu Bakr and Umar in relation to the Prophet ﷺ ? He said, "Their status is like that of the hour."  

أحمد:١٦٧٠٩ – قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ فَقَالَ

مَا كَانَ مَنْزِلَةُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَ كَمَنْزِلَتِهِمَا السَّاعَةَ  

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ahmad-zuhd:577 – ʿAbdullāh > Abū Maʿmar > Ibn Abū Ḥāzim > Jāʾ a man > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn ʿAlayh al-Salām

[Machine] What was the position of Abu Bakr and Umar from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said, "Like their position from him is the position of the hour."  

الزهد لأحمد:٥٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ

مَا كَانَ مَنْزِلَةُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «كَمَنْزِلَتِهِمَا مِنْهُ السَّاعَةَ»