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199 - ‘Abdullāh narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn ‘Abbād and ‘Amr ibn Muhammad al-Nāqid narrated to me, both saying: Hātim—meaning Ibn Ismā‘īl—narrated to us, from Ibn ‘Ajlān, from ‘Āmir ibn ‘Abdullāh ibn al-Zubayr, from his father, that ‘Umar mentioned Abū Bakr while on the pulpit, saying:
“Abū Bakr was indeed a forerunner of outstanding merit.”
١٩٩ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ، وَعَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّاقِدُ، قَالَا: نا حَاتِمٌ، يَعْنِي: ابْنَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ ذَكَرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ كَانَ سَابِقًا مُبَرَّزًا.