Status of Hazrat Abu Bakr and Hazrat Umar( May Allah be pleased with them)
“A man said to ‘Umar [ibn al-Khattāb] [may Allāh be pleased with him]: ‘I have never seen a man better than you.’
‘Umar [ibn al-Khattāb] [may Allāh be pleased with him] said to him: ‘Have you seen Abu Bakr [may Allāh be pleased with him]?
The man replied: ‘No.’
‘Umar [ibn al-Khattāb] [may Allāh be pleased with him] replied: ‘If you had said yes [I have seen Abu Bakr], I would have [certainly] flogged you!’”
Fadā’il is-Sahābah | Page 122 | Al-Imām Ahmad ibn Hambal [may Allāh bestow mercy upon him]