1806 — Abū Jafar Ahmad ibn Yahyā al-Hulwānī narrated to us. He said: Ahmad ⦗2321⦘ ibn Abd Allāh ibn Yūnus narrated to us, from Saīd ibn Sālim, from Mansūr ibn Dīnār, from al-Amash, al-Hasan ibn Amr, Jāmi ibn Abī Rāshid, Muhammad ibn Qays, and Abū Husayn, from Mundhir al-Thawrī, from Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya—may Allah be pleased with him—who said: I asked my father, Ali ibn Abī Tālib—may Allah be pleased with him—“Who is the best of people after the Messenger of Allah—may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him?” He replied, “Abū Bakr.” I asked, “Then who?” He replied, “Then Umar.” I promptly followed up, though afraid to ask him, and said, “Then you?” He replied, “Your father is merely one man among the people, with good deeds and bad deeds. Allah does whatever He wills.”