The previous statement of Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) is also narrated with this chain from Hazrat Abu Hujayfah (may Allah have mercy on him).

Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I went with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to the wife of an Ansari man. She spread a mat made of date-palm fibers for the Prophet (peace be upon him) and slaughtered a goat for us. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Surely, a man will enter who is among the people of Paradise." Then Hazrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) entered. Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Surely, a man will enter who is among the people of Paradise." Then Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) entered. Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Surely, a man will enter who is among the people of Paradise." Then he said: "O Allah! If You will, let this man be Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)." Then Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) entered.

Hazrat Saeed bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Abu Bakr is in Paradise, Umar is in Paradise, Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) is in Paradise, Uthman is in Paradise, Talha is in Paradise, Zubair is in Paradise, and Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) is in Paradise, and Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) is in Paradise, and if I wish, I can also mention the name of the ninth person.

Hazrat Abu Salih Hanafi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: On the day of the Battle of Badr, it was said to me and Hazrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him): With one of you is Hazrat Jibreel (peace be upon him), and with the other is Hazrat Mikaeel (peace be upon him). And Hazrat Israfeel is the great angel who is present for battle, or he said: he is standing in the ranks.

Hazrat Bastam bin Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed Hazrat Amr bin Al-Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) as the commander of an army in which Hazrat Abu Bakr and Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) were also present. When they returned, Hazrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) complained about Hazrat Amr (may Allah be pleased with him). So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: After me, neither of you will be appointed as a commander over anyone.

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I wish that I am in such a part of Paradise from where I can see Hazrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him).

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that a man called out to Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: "O best of the people!" So Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "Surely, I am not the best among the people." Then that man said: "By Allah, I have never seen anyone better than you!" Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Have you not seen Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)?" He said: "No!" Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If you had said: 'Yes!' I would certainly have punished you." The narrator says that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "One day from the life of Abu Bakr is better than all the deeds of the family of Umar."

Hazrat Qais (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: O Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم )! Who is the most beloved to you among the people? The Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) replied: Why? He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: So that we may also love the one whom you love. The Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Among the people, the most beloved to me is "Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her)." He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I am not asking you about women, but I am asking about the men among them. So the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) replied once: Her father, and once said: "Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)."

Hazrat Abu Al-Huzail (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No one has done more favor to me than Abu Bakr, even more than my own self, and if I were to take anyone as a friend, I would have taken Abu Bakr. But he is my religious brother and companion, and indeed your companion has been taken as a friend, meaning the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself.

Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us one morning and said: I have just seen in a dream that keys and a scale were given to me. Anyway, these are the keys. Then I was placed in one pan of the scale and my Ummah was placed in the other pan, and my pan became heavier. Then Abu Bakr was brought, and his pan also became heavier. Then Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was brought, and his pan also became heavier. Then Uthman was brought, and his pan also became heavier. Then the scale was taken away. The narrator says that a man asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Where will we be? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Wherever you place yourselves.