English translation
4630. Muhammad Al-Firyābī said: "I heard Sufyān say: 'Whoever claims that 'Ali was more deserving (of being the Khalifah first) than both of them (Abū Bakr and 'Umar), then he has attributed error to Abū Bakr, 'Umar and the Muhājirīn and Anṣār, may Allāh be pleased with them all, and I do not think that with this (belief) any deeds of his will rise to heaven.'" (Sahīh)
