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الطبراني:١٣١٣٢bحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ ثنا أَبِي ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ بْنُ وَثِيمَةَ بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ الْفُرَاتِ أَبُو رِفَاعَةَ الْمِصْرِيُّ قَالَ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ زِبْرِيقَ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نَقُولُ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَيٌّ أَفْضَلُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ وَيَسْمَعُ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَلَا يُنْكِرُهُ  


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abudawud:4628Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAnbasah > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh In Ibn ʿUmar > Kunnā

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was alive, we used to say: The most excellent member of the community of the Prophet ﷺ after himself is Abu Bakr, then ‘Umar, then 'Uthman.  

أبو داود:٤٦٢٨حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ قَالَ سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نَقُولُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَىٌّ أَفْضَلُ أُمَّةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بَعْدَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ عُمَرُ ثُمَّ عُثْمَانُ ؓ أَجْمَعِينَ