407 - ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us, saying: Humayd ibn al-Rabīʿ narrated to me, saying: Yahyā ibn Yamān narrated to us, saying: Sufyān narrated to us, from Abū Ishāq, from Abū Juhayfah, who said: ʿAlī ascended the pulpit and said:

“The best of this community after its Prophet is Abū Bakr, then its best after Abū Bakr is ʿUmar. If I wished to name the third, I would.”