503 - Al-'Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Duri informed us, saying: I heard Sulayman ibn Harb al-Washihy say: 'The best of this nation is Abu Bakr, then 'Umar, then 'Uthman, then he would pause, then he would say: 'Ali, Talhah, al-Zubayr, Sa'd, and 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf are in Paradise, just as the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said.'
