Narrated Muhammad bin Al Hanafiyah:
I asked my father (Ali ibn Abi Talib), “who are the best people after Allaah’s messenger?”
Ali said, “Abu Bakr.”
I asked, “Then who?”
He said, “then Umar.”
I was afraid he would say Uthman, so I said, “then you?”
He said, ” I am only an ordinary person among the Muslims.”[Saheh Bukhaaree (57/20)]