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ahmad:834 – ʿAbdullāh > Abū Ṣāliḥ Hadiyyah b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb Bimakkah > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṭanāfisī > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-Bajalī > al-Shaʿbiyyiʿan Wahbal-Suwāʾī > Khaṭabanā ʿAlī

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 ؓ .  

أحمد:٨٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو صَالِحٍ هَدِيَّةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ بِمَكَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الطَّنَافِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْبَجَلِيُّ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّعَنْ وَهْبٍ السُّوَائِيِّ قَالَ خَطَبَنَا عَلِيٌّ فَقَالَ

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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السيوطي:٤-٢٤٢٩b –

"عَنْ وَهْبِ السِّوَائِىَّ قَالَ: خَطَبَ عَلِىٌّ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ: مَنْ خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبيِّهَا؟ قَالُوا: أَنْتَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، قَالَ: لَا، بَلْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ عُمَرُ أَنْ كُنَّا لَنَظُنُّ أَنَّ السَّكِينَةَ تنطقُ عَلَى لِسَانِ عُمَرَ".  

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