Sayings of the Salaf » Biographical http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net Original translations of narrations, quotes and wisdom from the Salaf, the Pious Predecessors, the first three generations of Islam. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:43:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Ali on the Status of Abu Bakr and Umarhttp://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/ali-on-the-status-of-abu-bakr-and-umar/ http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/ali-on-the-status-of-abu-bakr-and-umar/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:16:00 +0000 Abû ‘Abdillâh Owais Al-Hâshimi http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/?p=441
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    • ]]>     Muhammad b. Al-Hanafîyah – Allâh have mercy on him – reports, “I asked my father (‘Alî), ‘Who is the best person after Allâh’s Messenger – Allâh’s peace and blessings be upon him?’ He replied, ‘Abû Bakr.’ I said, ‘And then who?’ He replied, “Then Umar.’ I feared he would say ‘Uthmân; I said, ‘And then you.’ He said, ‘I am just a man amongst the Muslims.’”

    Al-Bukhârî and others.

    Commenting on ‘Ali’s response ‘I am just a man amongst the Muslims,’ Ibn Hajr states in Fath Al-Bârî, “He said this out of modesty and humbleness, despite knowing that at the time of asking he was the best of people at the time, for this was after the killing of ‘Uthmân.”

    May Allâh be pleased with them all.

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