62 — ‘Abdullāh narrated to us, saying: Abū Hammām al-Sakūnī, al-Walīd ibn Shujā‘ ibn al-Walīd ibn Qays, narrated to us, saying: al-Walīd ibn Muslim narrated to me, from al-Awzā‘ī, who said: Jasr ibn al-Hasan narrated to me, from Nāfi‘, from Ibn ‘Umar, who said:

“During the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), we ranked Abū Bakr, ‘Umar, and ‘Uthmān in that order of merit. Beyond them, we did not prefer anyone over anyone else.”