The Book of the Sunnah
Sunan Ibn Mājah 154
أَرْحَمُ أُمَّتِي بِأُمَّتِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَأَشَدُّهُمْ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ عُمَرُ وَأَصْدَقُهُمْ حَيَاءً عُثْمَانُ وَأَقْضَاهُمْ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَأَقْرَؤُهُمْ لِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ أُبَىُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ وَأَعْلَمُهُمْ بِالْحَلاَلِ وَالْحَرَامِ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَأَفْرَضُهُمْ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ أَلاَ وَإِنَّ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَمِينًا وَأَمِينُ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ
arḥamu ummatī biʾummatī abū bakrin wa-ashadduhum fī dīni-Llāh ʿumaru wa-aṣdaquhum ḥayāʾan ʿuthmānu wa-aqḍāhum ʿaliyyu bnu abī ṭālibin wa-aqraʾuhum likitābi-Llāh ubāu bnu kaʿbin wa-aʿlamuhum bi-l-ḥalāli wa-l-ḥarāmi muʿādhu bnu jabalin wa-afraḍuhum zaydu bnu thābitin alā wa-inna likulli ummatin amīnan wa-amīnu hadhihi al-ummah abū ʿubaydaha bnu al-jarrāḥi
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that:The Messenger of Allah said: The most merciful of my Ummah towards my Ummah is Abu Bakr; the one who adheres most sternly to the religion of Allah is 'Umar; the most sincere of them in shyness and modesty is 'Uthman; the best judge is 'Ali bin Abu Talib; the best in reciting the Book of Allah is Ubayy bin Ka'b; the most knowledgeable of what is lawful and unlawful is Mu'adh bin Jabal; and the most knowledgeable of the rules of inheritance (Fara'id) is Zaid bin Thabit. And every nation has a trustworthy guardian, and the trustworthy guardian of this Ummah is Abu 'Ubaidah bin Jarrah
Source
Sunan Ibn Mājah · 154
- Al-Albani: Sahih
- Muhammad Fouad Abd al-Baqi: Sahih
- Shuaib Al Arnaut: Hasan Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad Hasan