Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا جَامِعُ بْنُ أَبِي رَاشِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي أَىُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ. قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ ثُمَّ عُمَرُ. وَخَشِيتُ أَنْ يَقُولَ عُثْمَانُ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ أَنْتَ قَالَ مَا أَنَا إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ.
isnad (chain of narrators) text
Muhammad Muhsin Khan (1997)
Narrated Muhammad bin Al-Hanafiya: I asked my father (`Ali bin Abi Talib), "Who are the best people after Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ?" He said, "Abu Bakr." I asked, "Who then?" He said, "Then `Umar. " I was afraid he would say "Uthman, so I said, "Then you?" He said, "I am only an ordinary person.
Chain of Narrators (Isnad)
The chain is ordered from the source of the saying to the compiler: 1 = the speaker/first transmitter, the following links those who passed it on in turn, and at the bottom al-Bukhari who compiled the work. Click a narrator to list every hadith in which he appears; the number in parentheses is how many hadiths in this collection the narrator appears in.
- 1محمد ابن الحنفيه Muhammed b. el-Hanefiyye (5 hadiths) Source of the saying عن an
- 2ابو يعلي Ebû Ya'lâ (5 hadiths) حدثنا haddesenâ
- 3جامع بن ابي راشد Jami' bin Abi Rashid (1 hadiths) حدثنا haddesenâ
- 4سفيان Sufyan bin 'Uyaynah (476 hadiths) اخبرنا ahberanâ
- 5محمد بن كثير Muhammed b. Kesîr (65 hadiths) حدثنا haddesenâ
- 6Compiler Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari
Chain length: 5 narrators.
Narrator names are parsed automatically from the isnad; identity matching and biographies (death year, jarh wa ta'dil) are being added progressively.
