574 - Muhammad ibn Yahya and Muhammad ibn al-Mundhir informed me, both saying: Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Tirmidhi narrated to us, saying: I heard Abu 'Abd Allah [Ahmad ibn Hanbal] say: "We say: Abu Bakr, and 'Umar, and 'Uthman, and then we remain silent, according to the hadith of Ibn 'Umar."
