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ahmad:19836Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Abū Jamrah

[Machine] "I heard Abu Jamrah saying that a monk came to my house and told me: I heard Imran ibn Husain narrating that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Indeed, the best among you are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them.' He did not mention 'and they betray and are not trusted.'"  

أحمد:١٩٨٣٦حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَمْرَةَ يَقُولُ جَاءَنِي زَهْدَمٌ فِي دَارِي فَحَدَّثَنِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ خَيْرَكُمْ قَرْنِي فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ وَيَخُونُونَ وَلَا يُؤْتَمَنُونَ