Good chain (hasan)
graded by Al-Albani
Mishkat al-Masabih 6027
Narrator:Umar ibn al-Khattāb
وَعَنْ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ سَيِّدُنَا وَخَيْرُنَا وَأَحَبُّنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
`Umar said:
Abu Bakr is our chief, the best among us, and the one of us who is dearest to God's messenger. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 3656). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 6027).