حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ سَلْعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ خَيْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ قَبَضَ اللَّهُ نَبِيَّهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى خَيْرِ مَا قُبِضَ عَلَيْهِ نَبِيٌّ مِنْ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ عَلَيْهِمْ السَّلَام ثُمَّ اسْتُخْلِفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَعَمِلَ بِعَمَلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِ وَعُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كَذَلِكَ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 1059
It was narrated that 'Abd Khair said: I heard 'Ali (RA) say: Allah took His Prophet (PBUH) in the best way any Prophet was ever taken, then Abu Bakr (RA)was appointed as his successor and he did what the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) had done and followed the Sunnah of his Prophet; and 'Umar (RA) was appointed and did likewise.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
Sanad
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ سَلْعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ خَيْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ