حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَکِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَبُو بَکْرٍ وَخَيْرُ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ أَبِي بَکْرٍ عُمَرُ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 106
It was narrated that Abdullâh bin Salimah said: “I heard ‘Ali say: ‘The best of people after the Messenger of Allah is Abu Bakr, and the best of people after Abu Bakr is ‘Umar.’”(Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020