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Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, then ʿUmar ibn al-Khattab, and then ʿUthman ibn ʿAffan. We give precedence to these three in this very order, just as the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did, and they never differed about it.
أَبُو بكر الصّديق ثمَّ عمر بن الْخطاب ثمَّ عُثْمَان بن عَفَّان نقدم هَؤُلَاءِ الثَّلَاثَة كَمَا قدمهم أَصْحَاب رَسُول الله ﷺ لم يَخْتَلِفُوا فِي ذَلِك