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ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ أَقْوَامٍ كَانُوا يُفَضَّلُونَ فِي حَيَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ

ibnhibban:7251Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Muḥammad b. al-Mutawakkil b. Abū al-Sarī > Abū Muʿāwiyah al-Ḍarīr > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "We used to prioritize during the time of the Messenger of Allah, starting with Abu Bakr, then Umar, then Uthman, then we would remain silent."  

ابن حبّان:٧٢٥١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ بْنِ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ الضَّرِيرُ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

«كُنَّا نُفَاضِلُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ عُمَرُ ثُمَّ عُثْمَانُ ثُمَّ نَسْكُتُ»  


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أَبُو صَالِحٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

tabarani:13301Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his companions, Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman, and then we fell silent.  

الطبراني:١٣٣٠١حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نَعُدُّ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابُهُ مُتَوَافِرُونَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ ثُمَّ نَسْكُتُ  

tabarani:13131Aḥmad b. Shuʿayb Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Nasāʾī > Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Thawr b. Yazīd > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

[Machine] We used to say during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman.  

الطبراني:١٣١٣١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ النَّسَائِيُّ أنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ رَاهَوَيْهِ ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا نَقُولُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ