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السيوطي:١٣٩١٩a

"خَيْرُ هَذه الأُمَةِ الْقَرْنُ الَّذِينَ بُعِثْتُ فِيهم، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ يفْشُو أَقْوامٌ ينْدرونَ ولَا يُوفُونَ، ويحْلِفُونَ وَلَا يُسْتحْلَفُونَ، وَيَفْشُو فِيهِمُ السِّمنُ".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن عمران بن حصين

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Collected by Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī
ahmad:19823ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAmr And ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Hishām > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of this ummah is the century in which I was sent, then those who come after them, then those who come after them. Then, there will be a people who will give warnings but will not fulfill them, they will deceive and will not be trustworthy, they will bear witness but will not be believed, and they will spread corruption among themselves."  

أحمد:١٩٨٢٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو وَعَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةُ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ الْقَرْنُ الَّذِي بُعِثْتُ فِيهِمْ قَالَ عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ الَّذِينَ بُعِثْتُ فِيهِمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَنْشَأُ قَوْمٌ يَنْذُرُونَ وَلَا يُوفُونَ وَيَخُونُونَ وَلَا يُتَّمَنُونَ وَيَشْهَدُونَ وَلَا يُسْتَشْهَدُونَ وَيَفْشُو فِيهِمُ السِّمَنُ  

tabarani:15680[Chain 1] Ibrāhīm b. Ṣāliḥ al-Shīrāzī > Ḥajjāj b. Nuṣayr > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. al-Walīd al-Narsī > Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'The best of this Ummah is the century in which I was sent, then those who follow it, and then those who follow them. After that, there will come people who give warnings but do not fulfill them, they will make oaths but not be asked to fulfill them, and they will become fat among them.'"  

الطبراني:١٥٦٨٠حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الشِّيرَازِيُّ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ نُصَيْرٍ ثنا هِشَامُ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ النَّرْسِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ الْقَرْنُ الَّذِي بُعِثْتُ فِيهِمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَنْشَأُ أَقْوَامٌ يَنْذُرُونَ وَلَا يُوفُونَ وَيَحْلِفُونَ وَلَا يُسْتَحْلَفُونَ وَيَفْشُو فِيهِمُ السِّمَنُ»  

tabarani:15731[Chain 1] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm [Chain 2] Ibrāhīm b. Aḥmad al-Wakīʿī > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥajjāj al-Sāmī > Abān b. Yazīd al-ʿAṭṭār > Abū Jamrah > Zahdam al-Jarmī > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of my Ummah (nation) are those of my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then there will come a group of people who bear witness but are not asked to bear witness, who take oaths but are not asked to take oaths, who betray and are not trusted, and who enjoy wealth but are not praised for it."  

الطبراني:١٥٧٣١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْوَكِيعِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ السَّامِيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْعَطَّارُ ثنا أَبُو جَمْرَةَ عَنْ زَهْدَمٍ الْجَرْمِيِّ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «خَيْرُ أُمَّتِي الْقَرْنُ الَّذِي بُعِثْتُ فِيهِمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَنْشَأُ أَقْوَامٌ يَشْهَدُونَ وَلَا يُسْتَشْهَدُونَ وَيَحْلِفُونَ وَلَا يُسْتَحْلَفُونَ وَيَخُونُونَ وَلَا يُؤْتَمَنُونَ وَيَفْشُو فِيهِمُ السِّمَنُ»