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ahmad:23024 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > al-Jurayrī > Abū Naḍrah > ʿAbdullāh b. Mawalah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "The best of this Ummah is the generation in which I was sent, then those who follow them, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then there will come a people whose testimony precedes their oath and their oath precedes their testimony." And Affan said once: "The best of this Ummah is the generation in which I was sent, then those who follow them, then those who follow them."  

أحمد:٢٣٠٢٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَوَلَةَ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَسِيرُ مَعَ بُرَيْدَةَ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ فَقَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ الْقَرْنُ الَّذِينَ بُعِثْتُ أَنَا فِيهِمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَكُونُ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ وَأَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَتَهُمْ وَقَالَ عَفَّانُ مَرَّةً الْقَرْنُ الَّذِينَ بُعِثْتُ فِيهِمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ (1 ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ 1)  

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ahmad:18349 – Ḥasan 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:١٨٣٤٩ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

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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