Uthman al-Batti said: Al-Hasan never interpreted any Quranic verse but to establish (Divine decree).
Read More..Ibn Umar said: We used to say in the times of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم: We do not compare anyone with Abu Bakr. Umar came next and then Uthman. We then would leave (rest of) the companions of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم without treating any as superior to other.
Read More..Ibn Umar said: When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم was alive, we used to say: The most excellent member of the community of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم after himself is Abu Bakr, then Umar, then Uthman.
Read More..Muhammad bin al-Hanafiyyah said: I said to my father: Which of the people after the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم 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 the Muslims.
Read More..Muhammad al-Firyabl said: I heard Sufyan say: If anyone thinks that ‘All (Allah be pleased with him) was more deserving for the Caliphate than both of them, he imputed error to Abu Bakr, Umar, the Muhajirun (Immigrants), and the Ansar (Helpers) Allah be pleased with all of them. I think that with this (belief) none of his action will rise to the heaven.
Read More..Sufyan al-Thawri said: The Caliphs are five: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, ‘All and Umar bin Abd al-Aziz.
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