Narrated byHadrat 'Ali
Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ خَيْرٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا.
English Translation
It was narrated from Hadrat 'Ali (may Allah be well pleased with him) that he said: The best of this ummah after its Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) are Hadrat Abu Bakr and ʼUmar (رضي الله عنهما).