2322 – Ahmad ibn ʿUbayd informed us, saying: Muhammad ibn Hamdawayh al-Marwazi narrated to us; he said: Mahmud ibn Adam narrated to us; he said: Sufyan narrated to us; he said: Khalid ibn Salamah, from al-Shaʿbi, from Masruq, reported: “Love for Abu Bakr and ʿUmar, and acknowledging their excellence, is part of the Sunnah.”