Abu Sa’Id al-Khudri said; The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a tendency among his companions to go to the back. He said to them; come forward and follow my lead, and let those who come after you follow your lead people will continue to keep to the back till Allah would put them at the back. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 680)
رَأَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ تَأَخُّرًا فَقَالَ تَقَدَّمُوا فَائْتَمُّوا بِي وَلْيَأْتَمَّ بِكُمْ مَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ لَا يَزَالُ قَوْمٌ يَتَأَخَّرُونَ حَتَّى يُؤَخِّرَهُمُ اللهُ ﷻ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ