Sunan Abi Dawud
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Chapter 42 · Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا جَامِعُ بْنُ أَبِي رَاشِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ قَالَ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ مَنْ ؟ قَالَ: ثُمَّ عُمَرُ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ: ثُمَّ مَنْ ؟ فَيَقُولَ: عُثْمَانُ، فَقُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَنْتَ يَا أَبَةِ، قَالَ: مَا أَنَا إِلَّا رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ .
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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.
I said to my father: Which of the people after the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم is best? He replied: Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ. I then asked: Who comes next? He said: Umar. I was then afraid of asking him who came next, and he might mention Uthman رضی اللہ عنہ, so I said: You came next, O my father? He said: I am only a man among the Muslims.