My father told me, from his father, that ‘Ali ؓ said: I was with the Prophet ﷺ when Abu Bakr and ʿUmar ؓ came and he said: ʿO ʿAli, these two are the leaders of the middle aged people of Paradise and its youth, after the Prophet ﷺ and Messengers.”
كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ فَقَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ هَذَانِ سَيِّدَا كُهُولِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَشَبَابِهَا بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ