1798 — Abū Jafar Ahmad ibn Yahyā al-Hulwānī narrated to us: Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Yūnus narrated to us: Abū Muāwiya narrated to us, from al-Hasan ibn Umāra, from Firās, from al-Shabī, from al-Hārith al-Awar, from Alī ibn Abī Tālib—may Allah be pleased with him—who said:

“Abū Bakr and Umar—may Allah be pleased with them both—approached while I was sitting with the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him. He said, ‘These two are the leaders of the mature men among the people of Paradise, from the earliest to the latest, except for the prophets and messengers. Do not tell them, O Alī.’”

He said: This was not mentioned to either of them until they had both passed away.