196 - ‘Abdullāh narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Dāwūd narrated to me, saying: Ibn Abī Maryam narrated to us, saying: Sufyān ibn ‘Uyaynah narrated to us, saying: Ismā‘īl ibn Abī Khālid narrated to me, from ‘Āmir al-Sha‘bī, from al-Hārith, from ‘Alī, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, looked at Abū Bakr and ‘Umar and said:

“These two are the leaders of the mature men among the people of Paradise, from the first generations to the last, except the prophets.”