401 - ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us: Abū Humayd al-Himsī, Ahmad ibn Muhammad, narrated to me, saying: Muʿāwiyah—that is, Abū Hafs al-Shaʿbī—narrated to us, saying: Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Sūqah, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, who said:

“During the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we would list Abū Bakr, ʿUmar, and ʿUthmān, then say no more.”