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Sahih al-BukhariCompanions of the Prophet

Sahih al-Bukhari 3671

Chapter: "If I were to take Khalil ..."

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 3671

Narrator:Ali

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا جَامِعُ بْنُ أَبِي رَاشِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي

أَىُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ‏.‏ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ ثُمَّ عُمَرُ‏.‏ وَخَشِيتُ أَنْ يَقُولَ عُثْمَانُ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ أَنْتَ قَالَ مَا أَنَا إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ‏.‏

Narrated Muhammad bin Al-Hanafiya:

I asked my father (`Ali bin Abi Talib), "Who are the best people after Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ?" He said, "Abu Bakr." I asked, "Who then?" He said, "Then `Umar. " I was afraid he would say "Uthman, so I said, "Then you?" He said, "I am only an ordinary person.

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 3671) and Abu Dawud (No. 4629).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى ) هُوَ مُنْذِر بْن يَعْلَى الْكُوفِيّ الثَّوْرِيّ , وَهُوَ مِمَّنْ وَافَقَتْ كُنْيَته اِسْم أَبِيهِ , وَالْإِسْنَاد كُلّه كُوفِيُّونَ , وَمُحَمَّد اِبْن الْحَنَفِيَّة هُوَ اِبْن عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب , وَاسْم الْحَنَفِيَّة خَوْلَة بِنْت جَعْفَر كَمَا تَقَدَّمَ. قَوْله : ( قُلْت لِأَبِي : أَيّ النَّاس خَيْر ؟ ) فِي رِوَايَة مُحَمَّد بْن سُوقَة عَنْ مُنْذِر عَنْ مُحَمَّد بْن عَلِيّ " قُلْت لِأَبِي : يَا أَبَتِي مَنْ خَيْر النَّاس بَعْد رَسُول اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ قَالَ : أَوَمَا تَعْلَم يَا بُنَيّ ؟ قُلْت : لَا , قَالَ : أَبُو بَكْر " أَخْرَجَهُ الدَّارَقُطْنِيُّ , وَفِي رِوَايَة الْحَسَن بْن مُحَمَّد اِبْن الْحَنَفِيَّة عَنْ أَبِيهِ "…

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Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 4629

I said to my father: Which of the people after the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is best? He replied: Abu Bakr. I then asked: Who comes next? He said: ‘Umar. I was then afraid of asking him who came next, and he might mention ‘Uthman, so I said: You came next, O my father? He said: I am only a man among…

أَىُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ ثُمَّ عُمَرُ ‏.‏ قَالَ ثُمَّ خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ ثُمَّ مَنْ فَيَقُولَ عُثْمَانُ فَقُلْتُ ثُمَّ أَنْتَ…

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Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 6024

Muhammad b. al-Hanafiya[*] told that when he asked his father which of the people after the Prophet was best, he replied that it was Abu Bakr. He asked who came next and he replied that it was `Umar. As he was afraid that he might mention `Uthman next he suggested that his father himself came next…

وَعَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي: أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ. قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: عُمَرُ. وَخَشِيتُ أَنْ يَقُولَ…