While I was standing amongst the people who were invoking Allah for ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab who was lying (dead) on his bed, a man behind me rested his elbows on my shoulder and said, "(O ʿUmar!) May Allah bestow His Mercy on you. I always hoped that Allah will keep you with your two companions, for I often heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "I, Abu Bakr and ʿUmar were (somewhere). I, Abu Bakr and ʿUmar did (something). I, Abu Bakr and ʿUmar set out.' So I hoped that Allah will keep you with both of them." I turned back to see that the speaker was ʿAli bin Abi Talib.
أَنْ يَجْعَلَكَ اللَّهُ مَعَ صَاحِبَيْكَ لأَنِّي كَثِيرًا مِمَّا كُنْتُ أَسْمَعُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ كُنْتُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَفَعَلْتُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَانْطَلَقْتُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ فَإِنْ كُنْتُ لأَرْجُو أَنْ يَجْعَلَكَ اللَّهُ مَعَهُمَا فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا هُوَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ