The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Bakr and Umar, "These two are the masters of the mature men of Paradise, from the first and the last, except for the prophets and messengers. Do not tell them, Ali."
حدثنا الحسن بن الصباح البزار حدثنا محمد بن كثير العبدي عن الأوزاعي عن قتادة
قال رسول الله ﷺ لأبي بكر وعمر هذان سيدا كهول أهل الجنة من الأولين والآخرين إلا النبيين والمرسلين لا تخبرهما يا علي
[Hasan]. Tabarani also related it in Al-Awsat: 6869, from the hadith of Muhammad bin Kathir Masissi through the same chain, and he was alone in narrating it. Diya included it in Al-Mukhtarah: 96/7, hadith numbers 2508–2510. See also the coming hadith: 3666.