202 - ‘Abdullāh narrated to us, saying: ‘Amr ibn Muhammad al-Nāqid narrated to me, saying: Sufyān ibn ‘Uyaynah narrated to us, saying: It was related from al-Sha‘bī, from al-Hārith, from ‘Alī, who said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

“Abū Bakr and ‘Umar are the leaders of the middle-aged men among the people of Paradise, except for the prophets and messengers. Do not tell them, O ‘Alī.”