The Virtues OfThe Companions Of TheMessenger Of Allāh ﷺ
Darussalam · Volume 1
The Book Of The SunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 95 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 36
Source no. 95 · Volume 1 · Page 167
Sahih
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95. It was narrated that 'Ali said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Abu Bakr and 'Umar are the leaders of the mature people of Paradise, the first and the last, except for the Prophets and Messengers, but do not tell them about that, O 'Ali, as long as they are still alive.'" (Da'if)
95 - حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عُمَارَةَ، عَنْ فِرَاسٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ سَيِّدَا كُهُولِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ، إِلَّا النَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ، لَا تُخْبِرْهُمَا يَا عَلِيُّ مَا دَامَا حَيَّيْنِ»
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The expression 'mature people of Paradise' means people who died in that age, otherwise there will be no age difference for the people in Paradise, and all those lodged there shall enjoy the bliss of youth in it. The Hadith is also explicit on the point that a non-Prophet, however exalted in rank he might be, can never equal or surpass a Prophet. It also affirms the fact that Abu Bakr and 'Umar ﷺ rank the highest after the Prophets, in the sense that they are superior to all other believers, whether of Prophet Muhammad's community or of the community of previous Prophets.