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ahmad:18447Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Abū Bakr > ʿĀṣim > Khaythamah > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of people are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then there will come a people whose testimony will precede their oath and their oath will precede their testimony."  

أحمد:١٨٤٤٧حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ النَّاسِقَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ وَتَسْبِقُ أَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَتَهُمْ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:2652Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbīdah > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The people of my generation are the best, then those who follow them, and then whose who follow the latter. After that there will come some people whose witness will go ahead of their oaths, and their oaths will go ahead of their witness." Ibrahim (a sub-narrator) said, "We used to be beaten for taking oaths by saying, 'I bear witness by the Name of Allah or by the Covenant of Allah."  

البخاري:٢٦٥٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ أَقْوَامٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ يَمِينَهُ وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَكَانُوا يَضْرِبُونَنَا عَلَى الشَّهَادَةِ وَالْعَهْدِ  

bukhari:3651Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbīdah > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The best people are those living in my generation, and then those who will follow them, and then those who will follow the latter. Then there will come some people who will bear witness before taking oaths, and take oaths before bearing witness." (Ibrahim, a sub-narrator said, "They used to beat us for witnesses and covenants when we were still children.")  

البخاري:٣٦٥١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ يَمِينَهُ وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَكَانُوا يَضْرِبُونَا عَلَى الشَّهَادَةِ وَالْعَهْدِ وَنَحْنُ صِغَارٌ  

bukhari:6429ʿAbdān > Abū Ḥamzah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbīdah > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The best people are those of my generation, and then those who will come after them (the next generation), and then those who will come after them (i.e. the next generation), and then after them, there will come people whose witness will precede their oaths, and whose oaths will precede their witness."  

البخاري:٦٤٢٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ وَأَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَتَهُمْ  

muslim:2533aQutaybah b. Saʿīd And Hannād b. al-Sarī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm b. Yazīd > ʿAbīdah al-Salmānī > ʿAbdullāh

The best of my Umma would be those of the generation nearest to mine. Then those nearest to them, then those nearest to them, then people would come whose witness would precede the oath and the oath will precede the witness. Hannad has not made the mention of Qarn in his narration. Qutaiba said that, instead of the word Qaum, the word Aqwam has been used.  

مسلم:٢٥٣٣aحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَهَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ السَّلْمَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ أُمَّتِي الْقَرْنُ الَّذِينَ يَلُونِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ يَمِينَهُ وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ هَنَّادٌ الْقَرْنَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ وَقَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ أَقْوَامٌ  

tirmidhi:2302Wāṣil b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > al-Aʿmash > ʿAlī b. Mudrik > Hilāl b. Yisāf > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

"The best of people are my generation, then those who follow them,then those who follow them, then those who follow them."(He ﷺsaid that) three times. "Then, after them a people will come who increase in fatness, loving fatness, giving testimony before they are asked for it."  

الترمذي:٢٣٠٢حَدَّثَنَا وَاصِلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُدْرِكٍ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ يِسَافٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ يَتَسَمَّنُونَ وَيُحِبُّونَ السِّمَنَ يُعْطُونَ الشَّهَادَةَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلُوهَا  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُدْرِكٍ وَأَصْحَابُ الأَعْمَشِ إِنَّمَا رَوَوْا عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ يِسَافٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ
tirmidhi:3859Hannād > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbīdah > al-Salmānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The best generation is my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then comes a people after that whose swearing precedes their testimony, or whose testimony precedes their swearing."  

الترمذي:٣٨٥٩حَدَّثَنِي هَنَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ هُوَ السَّلْمَانِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي قَوْمٌ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ تَسْبِقُ أَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَاتِهِمْ أَوْ شَهَادَاتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عُمَرَ وَعِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ وَبُرَيْدَةَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ  

ahmad:3594Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbīdah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of people are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. After that, there will come a people whose testimony precedes their oaths, and their oaths are their testimony."  

أحمد:٣٥٩٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَاتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ وَأَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَاتِهِمْ  

ahmad:4130ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbīdah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ that he said: "The best of people are my generation, then those who come after them, then those who come after them. Then, there will come a people who precede their testimony with their oath, and their oath will be their testimony." He said: "Our companions used to teach us while we were young to give testimony and fulfill our promises."  

أحمد:٤١٣٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثَلَاثًا أَوْ أَرْبَعًا ثُمَّ يَجِيءُقَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ يَمِينَهُ وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ قَالَ وَكَانَ أَصْحَابُنَا يَضْرِبُونَا وَنَحْنُ صِبْيَانٌ عَلَى الشَّهَادَةِ وَالْعَهْدِ  

ahmad:4173Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Manṣūr And Sulaymān > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbīdah al-Salmānī > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: The best among you are those of my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then, there will come a people who will precede their oaths with their testimonies and their testimonies with their oaths."  

أحمد:٤١٧٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ وَسُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ السَّلْمَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ خَيْرُكُمْ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَخْلُفُ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَاتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ وَأَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَاتِهِمْ  

ahmad:4217Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbīdah > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The best people are those of my generation, and then those who will come after them (the next generation), and then those who will come after them (i.e. the next generation), and then after them, there will come people whose witness will precede their oaths, and whose oaths will precede their witness." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6429)  

أحمد:٤٢١٧حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ وَأَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَتَهُمْ  

ahmad:18348Hāshim > Shaybān > ʿĀṣim > Khaythamah And al-Shhaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of people are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then there will come a people who will precede their oaths and their oaths will precede their testimonies."  

أحمد:١٨٣٤٨حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ وَالشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ أَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَتَهُمْ وَشَهَادَتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ  

ahmad:18349Ḥasan And Yūnus > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿĀṣim b. Bahdalah > Khaythamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The best of this Ummah are those who were sent in it, followed by those who come after them, then those who come after them, then those who come after those who come after them. He said: They are good. Then there will be people whose oaths will be taken before their testimony, and their testimony will be taken before their oaths."  

أحمد:١٨٣٤٩حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ وَيُونُسُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ الْقَرْنُ الَّذِينَ بُعِثْتُ فِيهِمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ قَالَ حَسَنٌ ثُمَّ يَنْشَأُ أَقْوَامٌ تَسْبِقُ أَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَتَهُمْ وَشَهَادَتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ  

ahmad:18428Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > ʿĀṣim > Khaythamah > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of people are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then there will come a people whose testimony will precede their oaths, and their oaths will precede their testimony."  

أحمد:١٨٤٢٨حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي الَّذِي أَنَا فِيهِ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ وَأَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَتَهُمْ  

ahmad:19820Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Hilāl b. Yasāf > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

"The best of people are my generation, then those who follow them. Then, after them a people will come who increase in fatness, loving fatness, giving testimony before they are asked for it." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2221)   

أحمد:١٩٨٢٠حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ حَدَّثَنَا هِلَالُ بْنُ يَسَافٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ يَتَسَمَّنُونَ يُحِبُّونَ السِّمَنَ يُعْطُونَ الشَّهَادَةَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلُوهَا  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ حَفْظِ نَفْسِهِ فِي الْأَيْمَانِ وَالشَّهَادَاتِ

ibnhibban:4328Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Jarīr > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, 'Which of the people are best?' He said: 'My generation, then those that follow them, then those that follow them. Then there will come people whose testimony precedes their oath and whose oath precedes their testimony.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2362)  

ابن حبّان:٤٣٢٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ «قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ تَبْدُرُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ يَمِينَهُ وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ»  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ مُبَادَرَةِ الْمَرْءِ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ بِالْيَمِينِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ

ibnhibban:6727Abū ʿArūbah > Muḥammad b. Wahbb. Abū Karīmah > Muḥammad b. Salamah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > Zayd b. Abū Unaysah > ʿĀṣim > Khaythamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The best of people is my generation, then those who come after them, then those who come after them. Then there will come a people whose testimonies will precede their oaths, and their oaths will precede their testimonies."  

ابن حبّان:٦٧٢٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَرُوبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَهْبِ بْنِ أَبِي كَرِيمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي قَوْمٌ يَسْبِقُ أَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَتَهُمْ وَشَهَادَتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ الصَّحَابَةُ ثُمَّ التَّابِعُونَ

ibnhibban:7222al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb al-Jumaḥī > Muḥammad b. Kathīr al-ʿAbdī > Sufyān al-Thawrī > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, 'Which of the people are best?' He said: 'My generation, then those that follow them, then those that follow them. Then there will come people whose testimony precedes their oath and whose oath precedes their testimony.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2362)   

ابن حبّان:٧٢٢٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ الْجُمَحِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ أَقْوَامٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ يَمِينَهُ وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي» أَرَادَ بِهِ الصَّحَابَةَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَبْلَهُ وَبَعْدَهُ

ibnhibban:7223Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Junayd > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿUbaydah al-Salmānī > ʿAbdullāh

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, 'Which of the people are best?' He said: 'My generation, then those that follow them, then those that follow them. Then there will come people whose testimony precedes their oath and whose oath precedes their testimony.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2362)   

ابن حبّان:٧٢٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْجُنَيْدِ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ السَّلْمَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ أُمَّتِي الْقَرْنُ الَّذِينَ يَلُونِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ يَمِينَهُ وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ عُمُومَ هَذَا الْخَطَّابِ أُرِيدَ بِهِ بَعْضُ الْأُمَّةِ لَا الْكُلُّ

ibnhibban:7227al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh

The best of my Umma would be those of the generation nearest to mine. Then those nearest to them, then those nearest to them, then people would come whose witness would precede the oath and the oath will precede the witness. Hannad has not made the mention of Qarn in his narration. Qutaiba said that, instead of the word Qaum, the word Aqwam has been used. (Using translation from Muslim 2533a)   

ابن حبّان:٧٢٢٧أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ أُمَّتِي الْقَرْنُ الَّذِينَ يَلُونِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهُمْ يَمِينَهُ وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ»  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ النَّاسَ قَدِ اسْتَوَوْا فِي الْفَضِيلَةِ بَعْدَ التَّابِعِينَ

ibnhibban:7228al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAbdullāh al-Qaṭṭān > Nūḥ b. Ḥabīb > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The best people are those of my generation, and then those who will come after them (the next generation), and then those who will come after them (i.e. the next generation), and then after them, there will come people whose witness will precede their oaths, and whose oaths will precede their witness." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6429)  

ابن حبّان:٧٢٢٨أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْقَطَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا نُوحُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ وَأَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَتَهُمْ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ أَتْبَاعِ التَّابِعِينَ تَبَعُ الْأَتْبَاعِ

ibnhibban:7229al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Hilāl b. Yasāf > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of people are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them, then those who follow them."  

ابن حبّان:٧٢٢٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ حَدَّثَنَا هِلَالُ بْنُ يَسَافٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ»  

tabarani:10337ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Ḥudhayfah > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of this nation is my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them, then there will come a people who will precede their oaths with their testimonies and their testimonies with their oaths."  

الطبراني:١٠٣٣٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو حُذَيْفَةَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ يَسْبِقُ أَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَاتِهِمْ وَشَهَادَاتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ»  

tabarani:10338Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ > Shaybān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Naḥwī Abū Muʿāwiyah > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "Who are the best people?" He replied, "Those of my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them, and then a group will come whose testimony will precede their oath and their oath will be followed by their testimony."  

الطبراني:١٠٣٣٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ أنا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ النَّحْوِيُّ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ؟ فَقَالَ «قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ يَسْبِقُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ يَمِينَهُ وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ»  

tabarani:15734ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > Manṣūr b. Abū al-Aswad > al-Aʿmash > ʿAlī b. Mudrik > Hilāl b. Yasāf > ʿImrān b. al-Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of my Ummah (nation) is the generation in which I am living, then those who come after them, then those who come after them. Then there will come a people who will become overweight, love fat (riches), and give testimony without being asked for it."  

الطبراني:١٥٧٣٤حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ ثنا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُدْرِكٍ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ يَسَافٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ أُمَّتِي الْقَرْنُ الَّذِي أَنَا فِيهِمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ يُسَمِّنُونَ وَيُحِبُّونَ السِّمَنَ وَيُعْطُونَ الشَّهَادَةَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُسْأَلُوهَا»  

tabarani:15736[Chain 1] ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Salm al-Rāzī > Sahl b. ʿUthmān [Chain 2] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Hilāl b. Yasāf al-Ashjaʿī > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The best of people are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then, there will come a people who will be obese and love obesity, they will give testimony before being asked for it."  

الطبراني:١٥٧٣٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَلْمٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَا ثنا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ ثنا هِلَالُ بْنُ يَسَافٍ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ يُسَمِّنُونَ وَيُحِبُّونَ السِّمَنَ يُعْطُونَ الشَّهَادَةَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلُوهَا»  

tabarani:2187Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs from his father from his grandfather > Jaʿdah b. Hubayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of people are my generation, then those who come after them, then those who come after them, then those who come after them. Then there will come after them people whose testimony alters with the changing of their circumstances and their oaths."[The prompt answer is not provided as per the instruction.]  

الطبراني:٢١٨٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ جَعْدَةَ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الْآخَرُونَ أَرْذَلُ»  

nasai-kubra:11750Qutaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿUbaydah b. ʿAmr al-Salmānī > Ibn Masʿūd

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The people of my generation are the best, then those who follow them, and then whose who follow the latter. After that there will come some people whose witness will go ahead of their oaths, and their oaths will go ahead of their witness." Ibrahim (a sub-narrator) said, "We used to be beaten for taking oaths by saying, 'I bear witness by the Name of Allah or by the Covenant of Allah." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2652)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٧٥٠عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السَّلْمَانِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «خَيْرُ أُمَّتِي الْقَرْنُ الَّذِينَ يَلُونِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ أَقْوَامٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدُهُمْ يَمِينًَهُ وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتهُ»  

bayhaqi:20387Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad al-Dūrī > Muḥāḍir > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbīdah > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The best people are those of my generation, and then those who will come after them (the next generation), and then those who will come after them (i.e. the next generation), and then after them, there will come people whose witness will precede their oaths, and whose oaths will precede their witness." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6429)   

البيهقي:٢٠٣٨٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ ثنا مُحَاضِرٌ ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبِيْدَةَ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ أَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَتَهُمْ وَشَهَادَتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ  

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ
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السيوطي:١٣٨٥٥a

"خَيْرُ هذِهِ الأُمَّة الْقَرْنُ الذى بُعِثْتُ أَنا فيهِمْ، ثم الذين يلُونَهم، ثم الذين يلُونَهم، ثم يكونُ قومٌ تَسبِقُ شَهَادتُهم أَيْمانَهُم وأَيَمانُهُم شَهَاداتِهِم".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة [حم] أحمد والطحاوى، وابن أَبى عاصم، والرويانى، [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن بريدة
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السيوطي:١٣٨٥٩a

"خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قرنِى، ثم الذين يلُونَهم، ثم الذينَ يلُونَهُم، ثُم يجئُ أقوامٌ تَسْبِقُ شهادةُ أحدِهِم يمِينهُ ويمِينُه شَهَادته".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة [حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [ت] الترمذي [هـ] ابن ماجة عن ابن مسعود، [ش] ابن أبى شيبة [حم] أحمد [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن النعمان بن بشير
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السيوطي:١٤٠١٠a

"خَيْرُكم قرنى، ثم الذين يَلُونهم، ثم الذين يلونَهم، ثم الذين يلونهم، ثمَّ يأتى قومٌ تَسْبق أَيمانُهم شهاداتهم، وتسبق شهاداتُهم أَيمانَهم".

ويروى: "خَيْرُ الناس قرنى".  

[ط] الطيالسي [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم عن ابن مسعود، [حم] أحمد عن النعمال بن بشير