2323 – ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn ʿUmar informed us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yaʿqub informed us; he said: my grandfather Yaʿqub ibn Shaybah narrated to us; he said: Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Ahwal narrated to us; he said: Abu Muʿawiyah, from Muhammad ibn Bilal, from Tawus, reported: “Love for Abu Bakr and ʿUmar, and acknowledging their excellence, is part of the Sunnah.”