594 - Muhammad ibn al-Husayn informed me that al-Fadl narrated to them, having heard Abu 'Abd Allah [Ahmad ibn Hanbal] when a man said to him: 'People have always known them as: Abu Bakr, and 'Umar, and 'Uthman, and 'Ali.' He said: 'This does not refute anything.'
٥٩٤ - وَأَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، أَنَّ الْفَضْلَ حَدَّثَهُمْ، سَمِعَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ⦗٤٠٥⦘ وَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: لَمْ يَزَلِ النَّاسُ نَعْرِفُهُمْ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ وَعَلِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: «مَا يَرُدُّ هَذَا شَيْءٌ»
