2321 – Ismaʿil ibn al-Hasan informed us, saying: al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn Sadaqah narrated to us; he said: Muhammad ibn Israʾil al-Jawhari narrated to us; he said: al-Walid ibn al-Fadl narrated to us; he said: ʿAbd al-ʿAziz ibn Jaʿfar al-Luʾluʾi told me; he said: I asked al-Hasan, “Is love for Abu Bakr and ʿUmar part of the sunnah?” He replied, “No—it is an obligation.”