Best of the Companions in Merit and Status
The best of mankind after the Beloved Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, were Sayyidina Abu Bakr, then Sayyidina Umar, then Sayyidina Usman, then
Sayyidina Ali. After them, the ashra mubashra, (the ten who were given glad tidings of Jannah by the Beloved Messenger of
Allah), then the people of Badr, then the people of Uhud, then the people of the oath of allegiance (of Hudaibiya), then the
rest of the Companions. May Allah be well pleased with them all.
Imam ibn Asakir narrated that Sayyidina Umar ibn al-Khattab
ascended the minbar and said, “Definitely the best of this ummah after our Prophet is Abu Bakr. Whoever says anything
else is an inventor of falsehood. May there be upon him that which is upon the inventor of falsehood.”
Imam Tabarani narrates that Sayyidina Ali said, “The best of
mankind after the Messenger of Allah are Abu Bakr and Umar. Love of me will never be united with hatred of Abu Bakr and
Umar in the heart of a believer.”
Imam ibn Asakir narrates that Sayyidina Ali entered upon
Sayyidina Abu Bakr when he was shrouded and said, “No one who will meet Allah with his pages (of the records of his deeds)
is more beloved to me than this shrouded one.”
Sayyidina Ammar ibn Yasir said, “Whoever preferred anyone of
the companions of the Messenger of Allah over Abur Bakr and Umar has belittled
the Muhajirun and the Ansar.”
Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Umar said, “We were choosing between
people in the time of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, so we chose Abu Bakr, then Umar, then Usman, may Allah be pleased with them all.” Imam Tabarani
added, “And the Prophet came to know of that but did not deny it.”
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