At-Tirmidhiy va Ahmad rivoyat qilishicha, Anas ibn Molik aytdi: Allohning Elchisi ﷺ dedilar: "Mening ummatim orasida ummatimga eng mehribon Abu Bakrdir, ular orasida Alloh yo'lida eng qattiqqo'li Umardir, ular orasida haqiqatan eng hayoli Usmondir, ular orasida halol va harom masalalarini eng yaxshi biladigani Muoz ibn Jabaldir, ular orasida meros qonunlarini eng yaxshi biladigani Zayd ibn Sobitdir, ular orasida (Qur'on o'qishda) eng yaxshi qori Ubayy ibn Ka'bdir, har bir ummatning ishonchli kishisi bor, bu ummatning ishonchli kishisi esa Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrohdir." Abu Ya'lo Ibn Umar hadisidan rivoyat qildi va uning rivoyatiga qo'shimcha qilib: "Ular orasida (qozi sifatida) eng qat'iy hukm chiqaradigani Alidir", degan. Ad-Doylamiy Musnad al-Firdavsda Shaddod ibn Avs hadisidan rivoyat qildi va unga qo'shib aytdi: "Abu Zarr mening ummatim orasida eng zohid va ular orasida eng rostgo'yidir, Abu d-Darda' mening ummatim orasida ibodatga eng berilgan va itoatkorligi eng qo'rquvli bo'lganidir, Muoviya ibn Abu Sufyon mening ummatim orasida eng sabr-toqatli va eng saxiysidir." Shayx al-Xafojiyga bu xususiyatlar haqida, ularning oldin berilgan xususiyatlarni inkor qilib-qilmasligi so'raldi, u esa ularda ziddiyat yo'qligini javob berdi.

Ahmad and at-Tirmidhi narrated that Anas ibn Malik said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘The most merciful of my ummah towards my ummah is Abu Bakr, the most severe of them in the matter of Allah is cUmar, the most truly modest of them is cUthman, the most knowledgeable of them of the halal and the haram is Mucadh bin Jabal, the most knowledgeable in the laws of inheritance is Zayd ibn Thabit, the best read of them (in Qur’an reading) is Ubayy ibn Kacb, and every ummah has a trusted one and the trusted one of this ummah is Abu cUbaydah ibn al-Jarrah.’ Abu YaTa narrated it from the hadith of Ibn cUmar and added (in his narration) to it, ‘and the most decisive of them (as Qadi) is cAli.’ Ad-Daylami narrated it in Musnad al-Firdaws from a hadith of Shaddad ibn Aws who added to it, ‘and Abu Dharr is the most abstinent of my ummah and the most truthful of them, Abu’d-Darda’ is the most given to worship of my ummah and has the most fearful obedience of them, and Mucawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan is the most forbearing of my ummah and the most liberally generous.’ Our Shaykh al-Khafiji was asked about these distinguishing i haracteristics and whether they negated the ones previously given and he replied that there was no contradiction.