Para pengikut Sunnah sepakat bahwa manusia terbaik setelah Rasulullah ﷺ adalah Abu Bakar, kemudian Umar, kemudian Utsman, kemudian Ali, kemudian sisa sepuluh orang (yang diberi kabar gembira tentang Surga oleh Nabi ﷺ), kemudian sisa orang-orang Badar, kemudian sisa orang-orang Uhud, kemudian sisa orang-orang yang berbaiat (di Hudaibiyah), kemudian sisa para Sahabat. Abu Manshur al-Baghdadi meriwayatkan bahwa hal ini merupakan ijma'.

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 meriwayatkan bahwa Ibnu cUmar berkata, "Pada masa Rasulullah ﷺ, kami membanding-bandingkan orang-orang, lalu kami memilih Abu Bakar, kemudian cUmar (ibnul-Khattab), kemudian cUthman (ibnu cAffan), semoga Allah ridha kepada mereka semua." At-Tabarani menambahkan dalam al-Kabir, "Dan Nabi ﷺ mengetahui hal itu, namun tidak mengingkarinya." Ibnu cAsakir meriwayatkan bahwa Ibnu cUmar berkata: Kami, ketika Rasulullah ﷺ berada di tengah-tengah kami, biasa mengutamakan Abu Bakar, cUmar, cUthman, dan 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.

Ibnu 'Asakir meriwayatkan bahwa Abu Hurairah berkata: Kami, kumpulan para Sahabat Rasulullah ﷺ, ketika jumlah kami sudah banyak, biasa berkata, "Orang yang terbaik dari umat ini setelah Nabinya adalah Abu Bakar, kemudian 'Umar, lalu 'Utsman," dan setelah itu kami diam. At-Tirmidzi meriwayatkan bahwa Jabir bin 'Abdullah berkata: 'Umar berkata kepada Abu Bakar, "Wahai sebaik-baik manusia setelah Rasulullah ﷺ." Abu Bakar berkata, "Jika engkau mengatakan demikian, maka aku pernah mendengar beliau bersabda, 'Matahari tidak pernah terbit atas seorang laki-laki yang lebih baik daripada 'Umar.'" Al-Bukhari meriwayatkan bahwa Muhammad bin 'Ali bin Abi Thalib berkata:

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:

Aku berkata kepada ayahku, ‘Siapakah orang terbaik setelah Nabi ﷺ?’ Ia menjawab, ‘Abu Bakr.’ Aku bertanya, ‘Lalu siapa?’ Ia menjawab, ‘cUmar.’ Aku khawatir ia akan menyebut cUthman, maka aku berkata, ‘Lalu engkau?’ Ia menjawab, ‘Aku tidak lain hanyalah seorang laki-laki di antara kaum Muslimin.’ Ahmad dan yang lainnya meriwayatkan bahwa cAli berkata: Orang terbaik dari umat ini setelah Nabi kami ﷺ adalah Abu Bakr dan cUmar. Adh-Dhahabi berkata: Ini adalah mutawatir dari cAli, maka semoga Allah melaknat ar-Rafidah (secara harfiah ‘para penolak’, yakni Syi‘ah), betapa bodohnya mereka! At-Tirmidzi dan al-Hakim meriwayatkan bahwa cUmar ibn al-Khattab berkata: Abu Bakr, tuan kami, yang terbaik di antara kami dan yang paling dicintai Nabi ﷺ, berkata, \ .

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, \ .

Ibnu Asakir meriwayatkan bahwa cAbdur-Rahman bin Abi Laila berkata bahwa cUmar naik ke mimbar dan berkata, "Sungguh yang terbaik dari umat ini setelah Nabi kita ﷺ adalah Abu Bakar. Siapa pun yang mengatakan selain itu adalah pembuat kedustaan. Semoga atasnya berlaku apa yang berlaku atas pembuat kedustaan." Ia juga meriwayatkan bahwa Ibnu Abi Laila berkata: cAli berkata, "Siapa pun yang mengutamakan aku di atas Abu Bakar dan cUmar, akan aku cambuk dengan hukuman hadd bagi pembuat kedustaan." cAbdur-Rahman bin Humaid dalam Musnad-nya, serta Abu Nucaim dan lainnya, meriwayatkan dengan berbagai jalur periwayatan bahwa Abu Darda' berkata bahwa Rasulullah ﷺ bersabda, "Matahari tidak terbit dan tidak terbenam atas seorang pun yang lebih baik dari Abu Bakar, kecuali seorang nabi." Dalam riwayat dengan redaksi yang berbeda: "...atas seorang pun di antara kaum Muslimin, setelah para nabi dan rasul, yang lebih baik dari Abu Bakar." Hadis ini juga diriwayatkan sebagai hadis dari Jabir, dengan redaksi: "Matahari tidak terbit atas seorang pun di antara kalian yang lebih baik darinya." Ath-Thabarani dan lainnya meriwayatkannya. Ada pula riwayat-riwayat lain yang menguatkannya dari jalur-jalur lain, yang mengharuskan agar hadis ini berstatus sahih atau hasan. Ibnu Katsir menunjukkan bahwa penilaiannya adalah bahwa hadis ini sahih.

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.

Ath-Thabarani meriwayatkan dari Salamah bin al-Akwa', ia berkata: Rasulullah ﷺ bersabda, "Abu Bakar ash-Shiddiq adalah manusia terbaik, kecuali seorang nabi." Dan dalam al-Awsath, dari Sa'd bin Zurarah, ia berkata: Rasulullah ﷺ bersabda, "Ruh al-Qudus, Jibril, memberitahuku bahwa, 'Orang terbaik dari umatmu setelah engkau adalah Abu Bakar.'" Dalam kitab al-Shahihain, dari 'Amr bin al-'Ash, ia berkata: Aku bertanya, "Wahai Rasulullah, siapakah orang yang paling engkau cintai?" Beliau menjawab, "'Aisyah." Aku bertanya, "Dari kalangan laki-laki?" Beliau menjawab, "Ayahnya." Aku bertanya, "Lalu siapa?" Beliau menjawab, "Kemudian 'Umar bin al-Khaththab." Hadis ini diriwayatkan tanpa lafaz, "Kemudian 'Umar," dalam riwayat-riwayat dari Anas, Ibnu 'Amr, dan Ibnu '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-Tirmidzi, an-Nasa'i dan al-Hakim meriwayatkan bahwa 'Abdullah bin Syaqiq berkata: Aku bertanya kepada 'Aisyah, "Siapakah di antara para sahabat Rasulullah ﷺ yang paling dicintai oleh Rasulullah ﷺ?" Ia menjawab, "Abu Bakar." Aku bertanya, "Lalu siapa?" Ia menjawab, "Lalu 'Umar." Aku bertanya, "Lalu siapa?" Ia menjawab, "Abu 'Ubaidah bin al-Jarrah." At-Tirmidzi dan yang lainnya meriwayatkan bahwa Anas berkata: Rasulullah ﷺ bersabda tentang Abu Bakar dan 'Umar, "Keduanya adalah pemimpin para lelaki dewasa penghuni surga, dari generasi pertama dan terakhir, kecuali para nabi dan para rasul." Ia juga meriwayatkan semisalnya dari '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.

Dalam bagian ini terdapat hadits dari Ibnu 'Abbas, Ibnu 'Umar, Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, dan Jabir bin 'Abdullah.

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

At-Tabarani meriwayatkan dalam al-Awsat bahwa 'Ammar bin Yasir berkata:

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

Barangsiapa yang mengutamakan salah seorang dari para sahabat Rasulullah ﷺ atas Abu Bakr dan Umar, maka sungguh ia telah merendahkan kaum Muhajirin dan kaum Anshar.

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.

Ibnu Sa'id meriwayatkan bahwa az-Zuhri berkata: Nabi ﷺ bersabda kepada Hassan bin Tsabit, "Apakah engkau pernah mengatakan sesuatu tentang Abu Bakar?" Ia menjawab, "Ya." Beliau bersabda, "Katakanlah, aku akan mendengarkannya." Ia berkata, "Dan 'orang kedua dari dua' di dalam gua yang mulia, musuh mengitarinya ketika ia mendaki gunung."

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.

Kecintaan Rasulullah ﷺ (kepada beliau) telah mereka ketahui, dan tidak ada seorang pun yang beliau samakan dengan orang lain." Nabi ﷺ pun tertawa hingga gigi geraham beliau terlihat, lalu bersabda, "Engkau telah berkata benar, wahai Hassan; memang ia sebagaimana yang engkau katakan."

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.’