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[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "The best of my ummah (nation) is the generation in which I was sent, then those who come after them, then those who come after them. Then there will come a people who will bear witness but not be trusted, who will betray their trust, who will make false oaths but not fulfill them, and who will indulge in worldly pleasures."  

البيهقي:٢٠٦٠٠وَقَدْ حَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ أُمَّتِي الْقَرْنُ الَّذِي بُعِثْتُ فِيهِمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي قَوْمٌ يَنْذِرُونَ وَلَا يُوفُونَ وَيَخُونُونَ وَلَا يُؤْتَمَنُونَ وَيَشْهَدُونَ وَلَا يُسْتَشْهَدُونَ وَيَفْشُو فِيهُمُ السِّمَنُ هَكَذَا  

رَوَاهُ سَائِرُ أَصْحَابِ هِشَامٍ لَيْسَ فِيهِ ذِكْرُ الْحَلِفِ وَذِكْرُ الْحَلِفِ فِيهِ إِنْ كَانَ حَفِظَهُ مُعَاذٌ يُوَافِقُ حَدِيثَ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَقَدْ يُحْتَمَلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْمُرَادُ بِذَلِكَ فِي الشَّهَادَةِ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ بِمَا لَمْ يَشْهَدْ عَلَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَعْلَمْهُ فَيَكُونَ شَاهِدَ زُورٍ وَبِاللهِ التَّوْفِيقُ وَالْعِصْمَةُ