16
2627 – ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn ʿUmar transmitted to us with authorization; Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yaʿqub said: Yaʿqub narrated to us; Ibrahim ibn ʿUbayd al-Tanafisi narrated to us; Habib al-Asadi, from Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Hasan, who said:
A group of men from Kufa and al-Jazira came to him and asked about Abu Bakr and ʿUmar. He turned to me and said, “Look at these people—asking me about Abu Bakr and ʿUmar. In my estimation the two of them are superior to ʿAli.”
٢٦٢٧ - أنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُمَرَ إِجَازَةً قَالَ: أنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ، قَالَ: نا يَعْقُوبُ، قَالَ: نا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الطَّنَافِسِيُّ، قَالَ: نا حَبِيبٌ الْأَسَدِيُّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ، قَالَ: أَتَاهُ قَوْمٌ مِنَ الْكُوفَةِ وَالْجَزِيرَةِ، فَسَأَلُوهُ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ، فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ: انْظُرْ إِلَى هَؤُلَاءِ يَسْأَلُونَنِي عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ، لَهُمَا عِنْدِي أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ