402 - ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us, saying: Wahb ibn Baqiyyah al-Wāsitī narrated to me, saying: Khālid ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us, from Ismāʿīl, from ʿĀmir, who said: Abū Juhayfah said:

ʿAlī said, “Shall I tell you who are the best of this nation after its Prophet?” I replied, “Yes.” He said, “Abū Bakr and ʿUmar, then another man.”