Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 4629
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا جَامِعُ بْنُ أَبِي رَاشِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي أَىُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ . قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ ثُمَّ عُمَرُ . قَالَ ثُمَّ خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ ثُمَّ مَنْ فَيَقُولَ عُثْمَانُ فَقُلْتُ ثُمَّ أَنْتَ يَا أَبَةِ قَالَ مَا أَنَا إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ .
Muhammad ibn Kathir narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us; Jami ibn Abi Rashid narrated to us; Abu Ya‘la narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, who said: I asked my father, ‘Who is the best of people after the Messenger of Allah?’ He replied, ‘Abu Bakr.’ I asked, ‘Then who?’ He said, ‘Then Umar.’ I feared that if I asked, ‘Then who?’ he would say, ‘Uthman,’ so I said, ‘Then you, my father?’ He replied, ‘I am only a man among the Muslims.’