300 hadith
"Abu Juhayfah, shall I tell you who is the best of this ummah after its Prophet?" I said, "Yes," though I did not think there was anyone better than him. He said, "The best of this ummah after its Prophet is Abu Bakr, and after Abu Bakr is…
أحمد 835SahihShall I not inform you of the best of this nation after its Prophet ﷺ? It is Abu Bakr. And the best after Abu Bakr is Umar [[r1]]. Then Allah places goodness wherever He wills.
أحمد 1030SahihMy father was among Ali's [[r1]] guard and was stationed beneath the pulpit. He told me that Ali [[r1]] ascended the pulpit, praised Allah the Exalted, glorified Him, sent blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ, and said, "The best of this nation…
أحمد 837SahihShall I not inform you of the best of this nation after its Prophet? Abu Bakr, and the second is Umar [[r3]]. And if I wished, I could name the third. Abu Ishaq said, Abd Khayr spelled it out letter by letter so that you would not have any…
أحمد 934SahihShall I not inform you of the best of this nation after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? Abu Bakr and Umar [[r3]].
أحمد 908SahihShall I not tell you of the best of this nation after its Prophet? It is Abu Bakr, and the best after Abu Bakr is Umar. Then Allah places goodness wherever He wills.
أحمد 922SahihThe best of people after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is Abu Bakr, and the best of people after Abu Bakr is Umar.
ابن ماجه 106SahihThe best of this nation after its Prophet are Abu Bakr, then Umar [[r3]].
أحمد 1052DaifAli [[r1]] said, when he had finished with the people of Basra, "The best of this community after its Prophet ﷺ is Abu Bakr, and after Abu Bakr, Umar. Then we brought about matters concerning which Allah will do as He wills."
أحمد 1031SahihThe best of this nation after its Prophet is Abu Bakr [[r1]], and the best of it after Abu Bakr is Umar [[r1]], and if I wished, I could name the third.
أحمد 879SahihAli [[r1]] addressed us and asked, "Who is the best of this nation after its Prophet?" I replied, "You are, Commander of the Faithful." He said, "No. The best of this nation after its Prophet is Abu Bakr, then Umar [[r1]]. And we do not…
أحمد 834SahihAli [[r1]] stood up and said, "The best of this nation after its Prophet ﷺ are Abu Bakr and Umar. We have introduced innovations after them, and Allah will decide concerning them as He wills."
أحمد 1032SahihI heard Ali [[r1]] say, "Shall I not inform you of the best of this nation after its Prophet? It is Abu Bakr." Then he said, "Shall I not inform you of the best of this nation after Abu Bakr? It is Umar [[r1]]."
أحمد 833HasanAli [[r1]] addressed us and said, "Shall I not tell you who is the best of this nation after its Prophet? Abu Bakr al-Siddiq [[r1]]." Then he said, "Shall I not tell you who is the best of this nation after its Prophet and after Abu Bakr…
أحمد 871HasanI used to consider that Ali [[r1]] was the most virtuous of people after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He then mentioned the hadith. I said, "No, by Allah, Commander of the Believers, I did not consider anyone among the Muslims after the…
أحمد 1054SahihThe best of this nation after its Prophet are Abu Bakr and Umar [[r3]].
أحمد 932SahihAlqama bin Qays struck this pulpit and said, "Ali [[r1]] addressed us from this very pulpit. He praised Allah and extolled Him, mentioned what Allah willed him to mention, then said, 'The best of people after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was…
أحمد 1051SahihAli stood up and said, "The best of this community after its Prophet are Abu Bakr and Umar. We have introduced matters after them concerning which Allah the Exalted will decree what He wills."
أحمد 926SahihShall I not tell you who is the best of this nation after its Prophet ﷺ? Abu Bakr, then Umar.
أحمد 1040SahihOn the pulpit, the best of this nation after its Prophet are Abu Bakr and Umar [[r3]], and if I wished to name the third, I would name him. A man said to Abu Ishaq, "They claim you say Sumayy is the worst." He replied, "Are you a Haruri?"
أحمد 1060DifficultAli bin Abu Talib said, "Shall I not tell you of the best of this nation after its Prophet? Abu Bakr [[r1]], then Umar, then another man."
أحمد 878SahihI asked my father, "Who is the best of people after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "Abu Bakr." I asked, "Then who?" He said, "Then Umar." Fearing that he would say Uthman, I asked, "Then you?" He replied, "I am nothing but an ordinary…
البخاري 3671SahihShall I not tell you of the best of this nation after its Prophet? Abu Bakr, then Umar [[r3]].
أحمد 933SahihWe used to say, while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was still alive, that the best of the Prophet's ﷺ nation after him is Abu Bakr, then Umar, then Uthman [[r3]].
أبو داود 4628SahihI said to Abdul-Razzaq, "Abu Bakr, is this the finest?" meaning this hadith, for he seemed delighted by how beautiful and excellent it was. He replied, "Yes."
أحمد 8227SahihAnas bin Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The most merciful of my community toward my community is Abu Bakr. The firmest of them in the religion of Allah is Umar. The most truly modest of them is Uthman. The best of them…
ابن ماجه 155SahihI asked my father, "Who is the best of people after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "Abu Bakr." I asked, "Then who?" He said, "Then Umar." Fearing he would say Uthman, I asked, "Then you?" He replied, "I am nothing but a man from among…
الأعظمي 9991SahihAli [[r1]] said, "The best of this nation after its Prophet is Abu Bakr, and after Abu Bakr is Umar [[r1]]. If I wished, I could tell you who the third is."
أحمد 836SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The most merciful of my nation toward my nation is Abu Bakr. The most severe of them in the matter of Allah is Umar. The most sincere of them in modesty is Uthman. The most knowledgeable of them concerning…
الترمذي 3790SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The most merciful of my community toward my community is Abu Bakr. The strictest of them in the religion of Allah is Umar. The most truthful of them in modesty is Uthman. The best of them in judgment is Ali…
ابن ماجه 154SahihAbu Bakr [[r1]] addressed us and said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among us last year and said, "Nothing has been distributed among people that is better than well-being after certainty of faith. Truthfulness and righteousness lead…
أحمد 49DaifI asked, "Who is the best of people after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "Abu Bakr." I asked, "Then who?" He said, "Then Umar." I was then afraid to ask, "Then who?" lest he say, "Uthman," so I said, "Then you, father?" He replied, "I…
أبو داود 4629SahihThe best of this nation after its Prophet are Abu Bakr and Umar [[r3]], and if I wished, I could tell you who the third is.
أحمد 880SahihTransmitted with the chain of Abu Ahwas and Jareer, conveying the meaning of their hadith, though their version does not contain the words, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, 'Which people are the best?'" He said, "My own generation, then…
مسلم 6471SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Aslam, Ghifar, and Mazina are better than Tamim, Asad, Ghatafan, and Banu Amir bin Sasaa," prolonging his voice as he said it. The people remarked, "They have failed and lost." He said, "They are still better…
الترمذي 3952SahihDuring the time of the Prophet ﷺ, we used to rank people in order of merit. We would rank Abu Bakr first, then Umar bin Khattab, then Uthman bin Affan [[r1]].
الأعظمي 9999SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Shall I not tell you who is the best among you?" They replied, "Yes, Messenger of Allah." He said, "The best of you are those with the longest lives and the finest deeds." Abu Abdul-Rahman said, I asked my…
أحمد 7212DifficultI was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a man from the Ansar came and greeted the Prophet ﷺ, then asked, "Messenger of Allah, which of the believers is the best?" He replied, "The one with the finest character." The man asked, "And which…
ابن ماجه 4259HasanImran said to me, "I am telling you this hadith today so that Allah [[r4]] may benefit you by it later on. Know that the best of Allah's servants [[r5]] on the Day of Resurrection are those who praise Him much. Know that a group from the…
أحمد 19895SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "Which people are best?" He replied, "My generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then there will come a people whose testimony races ahead of their oath and whose oath races…
مسلم 6470SahihThe Prophet ﷺ was asked which people are the best, and he mentioned the like of it.
أحمد 20492HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of my nation is the generation among whom I was sent, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then will come a people whose testimony races ahead of their oath and whose oath races…
مسلم 6469SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The best of people are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them." The narrator said, "I do not know whether he mentioned it after the third or the fourth generation." Then the Prophet ﷺ…
أحمد 3963SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Hasan and Husayn are the masters of the youth of Paradise, and their father is better than them."
ابن ماجه 118HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was inspecting horses one day, and Uyayna bin Hisn bin Badr al-Fazari was with him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "I am more knowledgeable about horses than you." Uyayna replied, "And I am more knowledgeable…
أحمد 19445-19446SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "What do you think? If Aslam, Ghifar, Mazina, and Juhayna are better than Tamim, Amir bin Sasaa, Ghatafan, and Asad, have the latter failed and lost?" They replied, "Yes." He said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul,…
البخاري 6635SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was one day reviewing some horses, and Uyayna bin Hisn bin Badr al-Fazari was with him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "I am a better judge of horses than you." Uyayna replied, "And I am a better judge of men…
الأعظمي 10546SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Aslam, Ghifar, Mazina, and Juhayna are better than Banu Tamim and Banu Amir."
أحمد 20487SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The best of people are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then there will come a people whose testimony precedes their oath and whose oath precedes their testimony." Ibrahim said,…
البخاري 3651SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Shall I not inform you of the best of witnesses? It is the one who comes forward with his testimony, or gives his testimony before being asked for it." Abdullah bin Abu Bakr was uncertain which of the two…
أبو داود 3596SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The best of people are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them." He repeated this three or four times. "Then there will come a people whose testimony will outrun their oath and whose oath…
أحمد 4130SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best among you are those who repay their debts in the best manner."
أحمد 10170SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The best of people are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then there will come a people whose testimony precedes their oath and whose oath precedes their testimony." Ibrahim said,…
الأعظمي 6741SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The best of you are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then there will come a people whose testimonies will outrun their oaths and whose oaths will outrun their testimonies."
أحمد 4173SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of you in the days of ignorance are the best of you in Islam, provided they gain understanding of the religion."
أحمد 10295SahihWhile the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was inspecting some horses, with Uyayna bin Hisn bin Hudhayfa bin Badr al-Fazari beside him, the Prophet said to Uyayna, "I have keener insight into horses than you do." Uyayna replied, "And I have keener…
أحمد 19450SahihI found this hadith in my father's book in his own handwriting. Ubaydullah bin Muhammad narrated to us, Hammad bin Salama informed us, Ali bin Zayd informed us, from Abdul-Rahman bin Abu Bakra, from Abu Bakra, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ…
أحمد 20513SahihAqra bin Habis came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Only the thieves of the pilgrims have pledged allegiance to you, those from Aslam, Ghifar, Mazina, and I think Juhayna." Muhammad was the one uncertain about Juhayna. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ…
أحمد 20423SahihFrom the Prophet ﷺ with this hadith, "The best of this nation is the generation among whom I was sent, then those who follow them." In the narration of Abu Awana, he added, "Allah knows best whether he mentioned the third or not," similar…
مسلم 6477SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of this nation is the generation among whom I was sent, then those who follow them, then those who follow them, then those who follow those who follow them." Hasan said, "Then there will arise people…
أحمد 18349Sahih