Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3656

جامع الترمذي#3656Sahih

Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab:"Abu Bakr is our chief, and the best of us, and the most beloved of us to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)

Scholarly Authentication

We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:

Ahmad Muhammad ShakirHasan

Al-AlbaniHasan

Bashar Awad MaaroufSahih

Zubair Ali ZaiSahih Bukhari

In-book reference: 49:52