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bayhaqi:12188[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > ʿAlī b. Ḥamshādh al-ʿAdl > Abū al-Muthanná And Muḥammad b. Ayyūb > Musaddad > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb [Chain 2] Abū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū ʿAbdullāh b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Naṣr > Abū Bakr b. Khallād al-Bāhilī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "The most merciful among my Ummah (nation) towards my Ummah is Abu Bakr, and the most severe among them in the matter of Allah is Umar." Then he mentioned (other names) in accordance with this meaning. This hadith was narrated by Bishr ibn Al-Mufaddal, Ismail ibn Ulayyah, Mohammed ibn Abi Adiy, narrated by Khaled Al-Hadda, narrated by Abu Qilabah, narrated by the Prophet, ﷺ , through the chain of narrators. Except his saying about Abu Ubaydah, as they attributed it to Anas ibn Malik, from the Prophet, ﷺ . All of these narrators are trustworthy and reliable. And Allah knows best.  

البيهقي:١٢١٨٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذٍ الْعَدْلُ ثنا أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَا ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ ح وَأنا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو أنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلَّادٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ ثنا خَالِدٌ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْحَمُ أُمَّتِي بِأُمَّتِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَأَشَدُّهُمْ فِي أَمْرِ اللهِ عُمَرُ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ مَا بَعْدَهُ بِمَعْنَاهُ وَرَوَاهُ بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مُرْسَلًا إِلَّا قَوْلَهُ فِي أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ فَإِنَّهُمْ وَصَلُوهُ فِي آخِرِهِ فَجَعَلُوهُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَكُلُّ هَؤُلَاءِ الرُّوَاةِ ثِقَاتٌ أَثْبَاتٌ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ