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السيوطي:١٣٨٦٠a –

"خَيْرُ النَّاسِ القرنُ الذى أَنا فيه، ثم الثانى، ثم الثالث".  

[حم] أحمد [ش] ابن أبى شيبة [م] مسلم عن عائشة

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Collected by Muslim, Aḥmad
muslim:2536 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Shujāʿ b. Makhlad Wa-al-Lafẓ Lʾabī Bakr

Of the generation to which I belong, then of the second generation (generation adjacent to my generation), then of the third generation (generation adjacent to the second generation).  

مسلم:٢٥٣٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَشُجَاعُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجُعْفِيُّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَهِيِّ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَىُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ قَالَ الْقَرْنُ الَّذِي أَنَا فِيهِ ثُمَّ الثَّانِي ثُمَّ الثَّالِثُ  

ahmad:25233 – Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > al-Suddī > ʿAbdullāh al-Bahī > ʿĀʾishah

Of the generation to which I belong, then of the second generation (generation adjacent to my generation), then of the third generation (generation adjacent to the second generation). (Using translation from Muslim 2536)   

أحمد:٢٥٢٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْبَهِيِّ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ الْقَرْنُ الَّذِي أَنَا فِيهِ ثُمَّ الثَّانِي ثُمَّ الثَّالِثُ