
From the life of Hazrat Umar (ra) bin Khattab
Hazrat Anas (ra) narrates that the Holy Prophet (sa) said with regard to Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) and Hazrat Umar (ra), “These two are the chiefs of all the elders of paradise, from among its first and its last people, except for the prophets and messengers.”
(Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Kitab al-Manaqib, Bab Iqtadu bi alladhina min ba’di, Hadith 3664)