[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "Which people are the best?" He said, "My generation, then those who come after them, then those who come after them, then those who come after them. Then there will come a people whose witness will precede their oath and their oath will precede their witness." Ibrahim said, "Our companions used to prohibit us, while we were young, from swearing by the testimony and the covenant, as the wording of both is similar, except that the saying 'then those who come after them' is mentioned twice in the narration of Al-Qattan."  

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أِيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ يَمِينَهُ وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَكَانَ أَصْحَابُنَا يَنْهَوْنَنَا وَنَحْنُ غِلْمَانٌ أَنْ نَحْلِفَ بِالشَّهَادَةِ وَالْعَهْدِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِهِمَا سَوَاءٌ إِلَّا أَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ فِي رِوَايَةِ الْقَطَّانِ مَرَّتَيْنِ