\nNarrated Ibn `Umar:\n \n\nDuring the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) we considered Abu Bakr as peerless and then `Umar and then \n`Uthman (coming next to him in superiority) and then we used not to differentiate between the \ncompanions of the Prophet.\n

\nNarrated Ibn `Umar:\n \n\nDuring the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) we considered Abu Bakr as peerless and then `Umar and then \n`Uthman (coming next to him in superiority) and then we used not to differentiate between the \ncompanions of the Prophet.\n

\nحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمِ بْنِ بَزِيغٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شَاذَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ الْمَاجِشُونُ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ كُنَّا فِي زَمَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لاَ نَعْدِلُ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ أَحَدًا ثُمَّ عُمَرَ ثُمَّ عُثْمَانَ، ثُمَّ نَتْرُكُ أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لاَ نُفَاضِلُ بَيْنَهُمْ‏.‏ تَابَعَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ‏.‏