When Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) finished with the people of Basra, he said: The best person in this Ummah after the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was Sayyiduna Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), after him was Sayyiduna Umar al-Faruq (may Allah be pleased with him), after that we have invented things in which Allah will do whatever He wills.