were still many: first Abu Bakr, then ʿUmar, then ʿUthmān; after them we would remain silent. Thereafter, following the members of the consultative council, we counted the veterans of Badr from among the Emigrants, then the veterans of Badr from among the Helpers—the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—according to their order of migration and their precedence, one after the other.