ibn Awf is in Paradise, Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqas is in Paradise, Sa‘id ibn Zayd is in Paradise, and Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah is in Paradise.” (1)
Abu al-Muzaffar Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Tamimi narrated to us; Abu Muhammad Abd al-Rahman ibn Uthman ibn Qasim informed us; Khaythamah ibn Sulayman ibn Haydarah al-Atrabulusi narrated to us; Ahmad ibn Hashim al-Antaki narrated to us; Qutbah ibn al-Ala’ narrated to us; Sufyan al-Thawri narrated to us, from Khalid al-Hadhdha’, from Abu Qilabah, from Anas ibn Malik, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “The most merciful of my Ummah is Abu Bakr; the firmest of them regarding Allah’s command is Umar; the most sincerely modest of them is Uthman; the most knowledgeable of them concerning the laws of inheritance is Zayd; the best reciter among them is Ubayy; and the most knowledgeable of them concerning what is lawful and unlawful is Muadh ibn Jabal. Every nation has a trustworthy guardian, and the trustworthy guardian of this Ummah is Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah.” (2)
Ma‘mar also narrated it from Qatadah as a mursal report, adding: “And Ali is the most judicious of them.” (3)
Abd al-Wahid al-Mulayhi informed us; Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Na‘imi informed us; Muhammad ibn Yusuf informed us; Muhammad ibn Isma‘il narrated to us; Mu‘alla ibn Asad narrated to us; Abd al-Aziz al-Mukhtar narrated to us. Khalid al-Hadhdha’ said: We were told from Abu Uthman, who said: Amr ibn al-As ⦗134/A⦘ told me that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, appointed him commander of the army of Dhat al-Salasil. He said: I came to him and asked, “Who among people is most beloved to you?” He replied, “Aishah.” I asked, “And among the men?” He replied, “Her father.” I asked, “Then who?” He replied, “Umar ibn al-Khattab.” He then mentioned a number of men, so I remained silent, fearing that he would place me last among them. (4)
Abu Mansur Abd al-Malik and Abu al-Fath Nasr, the two sons of Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Mansur, and Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Shadhawayh al-Tusi informed us there; they said: Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub narrated to us; al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Kaysan al-Nahwi informed us; Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Sharik al-Asadi narrated to us; Ibrahim ibn Isma‘il—namely, ibn Yahya ibn Salamah ibn Kuhayl—narrated to us; my father narrated to us from his father, from Salamah, from Abu al-Za‘ra’, from Ibn Mas‘ud,