On the authority of Muhammad ibn Sīrīn, who said: I do not think that a man who disparages Abū Bakr and ʿUmar loves the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.¹

This is a good and uncommon ḥadīth.

Chapter 52

4018 – Salamah ibn Shabīb narrated to us, saying: al-Muqriʾ narrated to us, on the authority of Ḥaywah ibn Shurayḥ, on the authority of Bakr ibn ʿAmr, on the authority of Mishraḥ ibn Hāʿān, on the authority of ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "If there were to be a prophet after me, it would be ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb."²

This is a good and uncommon ḥadīth; we do not know it except from the narration of Mishraḥ ibn Hāʿān.

Chapter 53

4019 – Qutaybah narrated to us, saying: al-Layth narrated to us, on the authority of ʿUqayl, on the authority of al-Zuhrī, on the authority of Ḥamzah ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUmar, on the authority of Ibn ʿUmar, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "I saw as if I was brought a cup of milk, and I drank from it, then I gave my leftover to ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb."

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¹ ʿAbd Allah ibn Dāwūd, namely al-Wāsiṭī, is a narrator of weak reports, as mentioned previously, and this is a saying of Muhammad ibn Sīrīn, may Allah have mercy on him.

² Its chain of transmission is good; Bakr ibn ʿAmr and Mishraḥ ibn Hāʿān are both good in ḥadīth, and the rest of its narrators are trustworthy. al-Muqriʾ is ʿAbd Allah ibn Yazīd al-Makkī. It is also found in the Musnad of Aḥmad (17405).