112 — ‘Abd Allāh narrated to us, saying: Humayd ibn Mas‘ada narrated to me, saying: Yūnus ibn Arqam narrated to us, from Abū Ismā‘īl Kathīr, from Safwān ibn Hāni’, from Abū Sarīha, who said: I heard ‘Alī say while on the pulpit:

“He was tenderhearted, his heart ever turning to Allah”—meaning Abū Bakr—“and ‘Umar was sincere in his devotion to Allah, so Allah was gracious to him.”