Sunan Abi Dawud
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Chapter 42 · Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: إِنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: كُنَّا نَقُولُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حي أَفْضَلُ أُمَّةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ عُمَرُ، ثُمَّ عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ .
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم was alive, we used to say: The most excellent member of the community of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم after himself is Abu Bakr, then Umar, then Uthman.