It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that one day Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him): O best of all people after the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: Take note! If you have said that, then (listen): I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "The sun has not risen upon any man better than Umar." This hadith has an authentic (sahih) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: The people with the soundest insight and perception are three: the first is the Aziz of Egypt, when he used his perception about Yusuf (peace be upon him) and said to his wife: "Keep him in honour" [Surah Yusuf: 21] ; the second is the woman who saw Musa (peace be upon him) and said to her father: "O my father, hire him" [Surah al-Qasas: 26] ; and the third is Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), when he nominated Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) as his successor (Khalifah). Imam al-Hakim said: May Allah Almighty be pleased with Ibn Mas'ud; how excellently he has brought these (three incidents) together with this authentic chain. (A brief account of the martyrdom of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him).)