Jami' at-Tirmidhi
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حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، قَالَ ذَكَرَ دَاوُدُ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ سَيِّدَا كُهُولِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ مِنَ الأَوَّلِينَ وَالآخِرِينَ مَا خَلاَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ لاَ تُخْبِرْهُمَا يَا عَلِيُّ " .
Ya‘qub ibn Ibrahim al-Dawraqi narrated to us: Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah narrated to us: Dawud mentioned a report from al-Sha‘bi, from al-Harith, from ‘Ali, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: ‘Abu Bakr and ‘Umar are the leaders of the mature elders of Paradise among the earlier and later generations, except the Prophets and Messengers. O ‘Ali, do not tell them.’