(7) باب مَنَاقِبُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الْقُرَشِيِّ رضى الله عنه
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
During the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) we considered Abu Bakr as peerless and then `Umar and then `Uthman (coming next to him in superiority) and then we used not to differentiate between the companions of the Prophet. (IT)
Reference (IT): Sahih al-Bukhari 3697 (IT)
In-book reference (IT): Book 62, Hadith 48 (IT)
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 5, Book 57, Hadith 47 (IT)