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ahmad:10211Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ who said: "The best of you is my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them." Abu Huraira said: "I do not remember if he said it twice or three times. Then there will come after them a people who love gluttony (excessive eating) and bear false witness but do not testify."  

أحمد:١٠٢١١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ خَيْرُكُمْ قَرْنِي ثُمَّالَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَلَا أَدْرِي أَذَكَرَ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةً ثُمَّ يَخْلُفُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ قَوْمٌ يُحِبُّونَ السَّمَانَةَ وَيَشْهَدُونَ وَلَا يُسْتَشْهَدُونَ  


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bukhari:2651Ādam > Shuʿbah > Abū Jamrah > Zahdam b. Muḍarrib > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

I heard ʿImran bin Husain saying, "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'The best people are those living in my generation, then those coming after them, and then those coming after (the second generation)." ʿImran said "I do not know whether the Prophet ﷺ mentioned two or three generations after your present generation. The Prophet ﷺ added, 'There will be some people after you, who will be dishonest and will not be trustworthy and will give witness (evidences) without being asked to give witness, and will vow but will not fulfill their vows, and obesity will appear among them."  

البخاري:٢٦٥١حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَمْرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ زَهْدَمَ بْنَ مُضَرِّبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ خَيْرُكُمْ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ قَالَ عِمْرَانُ لاَ أَدْرِي أَذَكَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَعْدُ قَرْنَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثَةً قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ بَعْدَكُمْ قَوْمًا يَخُونُونَ وَلاَ يُؤْتَمَنُونَ وَيَشْهَدُونَ وَلاَ يُسْتَشْهَدُونَ وَيَنْذِرُونَ وَلاَ يَفُونَ وَيَظْهَرُ فِيهِمُ السِّمَنُ  

ahmad:9318Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "The best of you is my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them." Abu Huraira said: "I do not know if he mentioned it twice or three times. Then there will come after them a people who love luxury and bear witness without being asked to bear witness."  

أحمد:٩٣١٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ خَيْرُكُمْ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ لَا أَدْرِي أذَكَرَ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ يَخْلُفُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ قَوْمٌ يُحِبُّونَ السِّمَانَةَ ويَشْهَدُونَ وَلَا يُسْتَشْهَدُونَ