ʿAli ؓ addressed us and said: Who is the best of this ummah after its Prophet ? I said: You, O Ameer al-Muʿmineen. He said: No, the best of this ummah after its Prophet is Abu Bakr, then ʿUmar ؓ , and it would not be far-fetched to suggest that tranquillity was uttered on the lips of ʿUmar ؓ .
مَنْ خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا؟ فَقُلْتُ أَنْتَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ لَا خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ عُمَرُ وَمَا نُبْعِدُ أَنَّ السَّكِينَةَ تَنْطِقُ عَلَى لِسَانِ عُمَرَ
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