Mutanen Sunnah sun yi ijma'i cewa mafi alherin mutane bayan Manzon Allah ﷺ su ne Abu Bakr, sannan 'Umar, sannan 'Uthman, sannan 'Ali, sannan sauran goma (waɗanda Annabi ﷺ ya yi musu bushara da Aljanna), sannan sauran mutanen Badar, sannan sauran mutanen Uhud, sannan sauran mutanen alkawarin yarda (na Hudaibiyya), sannan sauran Sahabbai. Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi ya ruwaito cewa akwai ijma'i a kan haka.

I he people of the Sunnah are unanimous that the best of mankind niter the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, were Abu Bakr, then cUmar, then cUthman, then cAli, then the rest of the ten (who were given the good news of the Garden by the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace), then the rest of the people of Badr, then the rest of the people of Uhud, then the rest of the people of the oath of allegiance (of Hudaybiyyah), I hen the rest of the Companions. Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi relates that there is consensus on this.

Al-Bukhari ya ruwaito cewa Ibn cUmar ya ce: "Mun kasance muna zabar tsakanin mutane a zamanin Manzon Allah ﷺ, sai muka zabi Abu Bakr, sannan cUmar (ibn al-Khattab), sannan cUthman (ibn cAffan), Allah ya yarda da su duka." At-Tabarani ya ƙara a cikin al-Kabir: "Annabi ﷺ ya sani game da hakan, amma bai musanta ba." Ibn cAsakir ya ruwaito cewa Ibn cUmar ya ce: "Mu, alhali Manzon Allah ﷺ yana tsakaninmu, muna fifita Abu Bakr, cUmar, cUthman da cAli."

Al-Bukhari narrated that Ibn cUmar said, ‘We were choosing between people in the time of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, so we chose Abu Bakr, then cUmar (ibn al-Khattab), then cUthman (ibn cAffan) may Allah be pleased with them all.’ At-Tabarani added, in al-Kabir, ‘And the Prophet came to know of that but did not deny it.’ I bn cAsakir narrated that Ibn cUmar said: We, while the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was among us, used to prefer Abu Bakr, cUmar, cUthman and cAli.

Ibn cAsakir ya ruwaito daga Abu Hurairah cewa ya ce: Mu, taron Sahabban Manzon Allah, Allah ya yi masa salati ya kuma ba shi aminci, a lokacin da muke da yawa, muna cewa, "Mafi alherin wannan al'umma bayan Annabinta su ne Abu Bakr, sannan 'Umar, sannan 'Uthman," sannan mu kan yi shiru. At-Tirmidhi ya ruwaito daga Jabir ibn cAbdullah cewa ya ce: 'Umar ya ce wa Abu Bakr, "Ya mafi alherin mutane bayan Manzon Allah ﷺ." Abu Bakr ya ce, "Idan kana cewa haka, to na ji shi yana cewa, 'Rana ba ta taba fitowa a kan mutumin da ya fi 'Umar alheri ba.'" Al-Bukhari ya ruwaito daga Muhammad ibn cAli ibn Abi Talib cewa ya ce:

Ibn cAsakir narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: We, the gatherings of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, while we were considerable numbers, used to say, ‘The best of this ummah after its Prophet are Abu Bakr, then ‘Umar, and then cUthman,’ and then we would be silent.’ At-Tirmidhi narrated that Jabir ibn cAbdullah said: cUmar said to Abu Bakr, ‘O best of mankind after the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.’ Abu Bakr said, ‘If you say that, then I heard him saying, “The sun has not risen over a better man than cUmar.’” Al-Bukhari narrated that Muhammad ibn cAli ibn Abi Talib said:

Na ce wa mahaifina, ‘Wane ne mafi alheri daga cikin mutane bayan Annabi, Allah ya yi masa salati da sallama ﷺ?’ Ya ce, ‘Abu Bakr.’ Na ce, ‘To wane ne bayansa?’ Ya ce, ‘cUmar.’ Na ji tsoron cewa zai ce cUthman, sai na ce, ‘To kai fa?’ Ya ce, ‘Ni ba kowa ba ne face mutum ɗaya daga cikin Musulmai.’ Ahmad da wasu sun ruwaito cewa cAli ya ce: Mafi alheri a cikin wannan al’umma bayan Annabinmu ﷺ su ne Abu Bakr da cUmar. Adh-Dhahabi ya ce: Wannan mutawatir ne daga cAli, don haka Allah ya la’anci ar-Rafidah (ma’ana ‘masu ƙi’, watau Shi’a), yadda suke da jahilci! At-Tirmidhi da al-Hakim sun ruwaito cewa cUmar ibn al-Khattab ya ce: Abu Bakr, shugabanmu, mafi alheri daga cikinmu kuma mafi soyuwa ga Annabi ﷺ, Allah ya yi masa salati da sallama ﷺ, ya ce, \ .

I said to my father, ‘Who is the best of mankind after the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?’ He said, ‘Abu Bakr.’ I said, ‘Then who?’ He said, ‘cUmar.’ I was afraid that he would say cUthman so I said, ‘Then you?’ He said, ‘I am nobody but a man among the Muslims.’ Ahmad and others narrated that cAli said: The best of this ummah after our Prophet are Abu Bakr and cUmar. Adh-Dhahabi said: This is mutawatir5 from cAli, so may Allah curse ar-Rafidah (literally ‘the rejectors’ i.e. the Shicah), how ignorant they are! At-Tirmidhi and al-Hakim narrated that cUmar ibn al-Khattab said: Abu Bakr, our master, the best of us and the most beloved to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, \ .

Ibn cAsakir ya ruwaito cewa cAbd ar-Rahman ibn Abi Layla ya ce cUmar ya hau minbari ya ce, ‘Tabbas mafi alherin wannan al'umma bayan Annabinmu ﷺ shi ne Abu Bakr. Duk wanda ya ce wani abu daban, to mai ƙirƙirar ƙarya ne. Abin da ke kan mai ƙirƙirar ƙarya ya tabbata a kansa.’ Ya kuma ruwaito cewa Ibn Abi Layla ya ce: cAli ya ce, ‘Duk wanda ya fifita ni a kan Abu Bakr da cUmar, zan yi masa bulala ta hadd da ta wajaba ga mai ƙirƙirar ƙarya.’ cAbd ar-Rahman ibn Humayd, a cikin Musnadinsa, da Abu Nucaym da wasu sun ruwaito ta hanyoyi daban-daban cewa Abu’d-Darda’ ya ce Manzon Allah ﷺ ya ce, ‘Rana ba ta fito ba, kuma ba ta faɗi ba, a kan wani wanda ya fi Abu Bakr alheri, sai dai idan annabi ne.’ A wata riwayar da aka bayyana ta bambam, ‘…a kan wani daga cikin Musulmai, bayan annabawa da manzanni, wanda ya fi Abu Bakr alheri.’ An kuma ruwaito shi a matsayin hadisin Jabir, kuma a cikin lafazinsa akwai, ‘Rana ba ta fito a kan wani daga cikinku da ya fi shi alheri ba.’ Al-Tabarani da wasu ne suka ruwaito shi. Akwai wasu nassoshi da ke goyon bayansa ta wasu hanyoyi, waɗanda ke buƙatar ya zama hadisi sahihi ko hasan. Ibn Kathir ya nuna cewa hukuncinsa shi ne cewa yana da inganci.

Ibn cAsakir narrated that cAbd ar-Rahman ibn Abi Layla said that cUmar ascended the minbar and said, ‘Definitely the best of this ummah after our Prophet is Abu Bakr. Whoever says anything else is an inventor of falsehood. May there be upon him that which is upon the inventor of falsehood.’ He also narrated that Ibn Abi Layla said: cAli said, ‘Anyone who prefers me over Abu Bakr and cUmar, I will lash with the hadd punishment due to the inventor of falsehood.’ cAbd ar-Rahman ibn Humayd, in his Musnad, and Abu Nucaym and others narrated with different paths of transmission that Abu’d-Darda’, said that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘The sun has not risen nor has it set over anyone better than Abu Bakr, unless he were a prophet.’ In a differently worded version, . .over any of the Muslims, after the prophets and messengers, better than Abu Bakr.’ It has also been transmitted as a hadith of Jabir, in its wording is, ‘The sun has not risen over anyone of you better than him.’ At-Tabarani and others narrated it. There are other texts which support it from other angles uikI which require that it be a sahih or hasan hadith. Ibn Kathir Indicated that his judgement was that it is sound.

At-Tabarani ya rawaito cewa Salamah ibn al-Akwa' ya ce: Manzon Allah ﷺ ya ce: "Abu Bakr as-Siddiq shi ne mafi alherin mutane, sai dai idan annabi ne." Haka kuma a cikin al-Awsat, Sa'd ibn Zurarah ya ce: Manzon Allah ﷺ ya ce: "Ruh al-Qudus, Jibril, ya sanar da ni cewa: 'Mafi alherin al'ummarka bayan ka shi ne Abu Bakr.'" Shaikhan (Bukhari da Muslim) sun ruwaito cewa 'Amr ibn al-'As ya ce: Na ce: "Ya Manzon Allah ﷺ, wane ne daga cikin mutane da ya fi so a gare ka?" Ya ce: "'A'ishah." Na ce: "Daga cikin maza fa?" Ya ce: "Mahaifinta." Na ce: "To sai wane?" Ya ce: "Sannan 'Umar ibn al-Khattab." Wannan hadisi an ruwaito shi ba tare da kalmar "Sannan 'Umar" ba, a cikin riwayoyin Anas, Ibn 'Amr da Ibn 'Abbas.

At-Tabarani narrated that Salamah ibn al-Akwac said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Abu Bakr as-Siddiq is the best of mankind, unless it be a prophet.’ And in al-Awsat that Sacd ibn Zurarah said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘The Ruh ill-Quds, Jibril, informed me that, “The best of your ummah after you is Abu Bakr.’” I he two Shaykhs cAmr ibn al-cAs said: I said, ‘Messenger of Allah, which of the people is most beloved to you?’ He said, ‘cA’ishah.’ I said, ‘Of the men?’ He said, ‘Her father.’ I said, ‘Then who?’ He said, ‘Then cUmar ibn al-Khattab.’ This hadith has been narrated without, ‘Then TJmar,’ in narrations of Anas, Ibn cAmr and Ibn 'Abbas.

At-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i da al-Hakim sun ruwaito cewa Abdullahi ibn Shaqiq ya ce: Na ce wa A'ishah, "Wane ne daga cikin sahabban Manzon Allah ﷺ ya fi so a wurin Manzon Allah ﷺ?" Ta ce, "Abu Bakr." Na ce, "Sannan wane?" Ta ce, "Sannan Umar." Na ce, "Sannan wane?" Ta ce, "Sannan Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah." At-Tirmidhi da wasu sun ruwaito cewa Anas ya ce: Manzon Allah ﷺ ya ce game da Abu Bakr da Umar, "Waɗannan biyu sune shugabannin manyan mutanen Aljannah, na farko da na ƙarshe, sai dai annabawa da manzanni." Ya ruwaito irin wannan daga Ali.

At-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa’i and al-Hakim narrated that cAbdullah ibn Shaqiq said: I said to cA’ishah, ‘Which of the companions of the Messenger of Allah were most beloved to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?’ She said, ‘Abu Bakr.’ I said, ‘Then who?’ She said, ‘Then cUmar.’ I said, ‘Then who?’ She said, ‘Abu TJbaydah ibn al-Jarrah.’ At-Tirmidhi and others narrated that Anas said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said about Abu Bakr and cUmar, ‘These two are the lords of the mature adults of t he people of the Garden, of the first ones and the last ones, except for the prophets and the messengers.’ He recorded the like of it from cAli.

A cikin wannan sashe akwai hadisai daga Ibn cAbbas, Ibn cUmar, Abu Sa'id al-Khudri da Jabir ibn cAbdullah.

In this section there are hadith from Ibn cAbbas, Ibn cUmar, Abu Sacid al-Khudri and Jabir ibn cAbdullah.

At-Tabarani ya ruwaito a cikin al-Awsat cewa cAmmar ibn Yasir ya ce:

At-Tabarani narrated in al-Awsat that cAmmar ibn Yasir said:

Duk wanda ya fifita wani daga cikin sahabban Manzon Allah ﷺ a kan Abu Bakr da Umar, to ya raina Muhajirai da Ansar.

Whoever preferred anyone of the companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, over Abu Bakr and TJmar has belittled the Muhajirun and the Ansar.

Ibn Sa'id ya ruwaito cewa az-Zuhri ya ce: Manzon Allah ﷺ ya ce wa Hassan ibn Thabit, "Shin ka taba cewa wani abu game da Abu Bakr?" Ya ce, "Eh." Ya ce, "Ka faɗa, ni kuma zan saurara." Ya ce: "Da kuma "na biyu daga cikin biyun" a cikin kogon ɗaukaka, Abokan gaba suka yi ta zagayensa a lokacin da ya hau dutsen."

Ibn Sacid narrated that az-Zuhri said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to Hassan ibn Thabit, ‘Have you said anything about Abu Bakr?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘Say it and I will listen.’ He said, ‘And the “second of the two” in the glorious cave, The enemy went round about it when he ascended the mountain.

Soyayyar Manzon Allah (ﷺ) suna sane da ita tuntuni, Ba ya daidaita wani mutum da kowa.' Sai Annabi ﷺ ya yi dariya har haƙoransa na baya suka bayyana, sannan ya ce: 'Ka faɗi gaskiya, ya Hassan; haka abin yake kamar yadda kake faɗa.'

The love of the Messenger of Allah (for him) they already knew, Of people he held not equal any man.’ And the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, laughed until his back teeth were visible, then said, ‘You have told the truth, Hassan; he is as you say.’