2463 – ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUmar narrated to us by authorization, saying: Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Yaʿqūb told us; he said: Yaʿqūb told us; he said: Yazīd ibn Hārūn told us; he said: Shurayk told us.

Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Aṣbahānī likewise narrated, saying: Shurayk told us, from Jābir, who said:

I said to Abū Jaʿfar, “May Allah make me your ransom—has anyone among you ever disavowed Abū Bakr and ʿUmar?” (In Ibn al-Aṣbahānī’s version: “…or reviled Abū Bakr and ʿUmar?”)

He replied, “No.” Then he added, “Love them both, ask Allah to forgive them, and remain loyal to them.”