Hadith #4629 (Sunan Abi Dawud) Book: Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah) Narrator(s): Aabad al-Smak عباد السماك, Qabaysa bin 'Uqba bin Muhammad قبيصة بن عقبة بن محمد بن سفيان, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري Grade: Sahih I said to my father: Which of the people after the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is best? He replied: Abu Bakr. I then asked: Who comes next? He said: ‘Umar. I was then afraid of asking him who came next, and he might mention ‘Uthman, so I said: You came next, O my father? He said: I am only a man among the Muslims. Source: https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4629/