Hadiths on Degrees of the Companions

The section brings together six hadiths, five of them authentic, on the degrees of the Companions. They show Abu Bakr appointed to lead the prayer, 'Umar allocating four thousand dirhams from the public treasury to each of the early emigrants, Abu 'Ubaydah ibn Al-Jarrah presented as the trustworthy man of this community, and Talhah honored on the day of Uhud, the Prophet saying: "It is obligatory for Talhah".