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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»  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:2222Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū ʿAwānah > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

"The best of my Ummah is the generation among whom I was sent, then those who follow them." He(ʿImran) said: I do not know if he mentioned the third or not. "Then there shall appear people who testify while their testimony was not sought, who are treacherous, not trusted, and fatness shall spread among them."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٢٢٢حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ أُمَّتِي الْقَرْنُ الَّذِي بُعِثْتُ فِيهِمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ قَالَ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ ذَكَرَ الثَّالِثَ أَمْ لاَ ثُمَّ يَنْشَأُ أَقْوَامٌ يَشْهَدُونَ وَلاَ يُسْتَشْهَدُونَ وَيَخُونُونَ وَلاَ يُؤْتَمَنُونَ وَيَفْشُو فِيهِمُ السِّمَنُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
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  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ بِظُهُورِ السِّمَنِ فِي هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ عِنْدَ ظُهُورِ الْكَذِبِ وَعَدَمِ الْوَفَاءِ فِيهِمْ

ibnhibban:6729Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Khalaf b. Hishām al-Bazzār And ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ghiyāth > Abū ʿAwānah > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

the best of my people is the generation in which I have been sent, then their immediate followers, then their immediate followers. Allah knows best whether he mentioned the third or not. After them will be people who will give testimony without being asked, who will make vows which they do not fulfill, who will be treacherous and not to be trusted, among whom fatness will appear. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4657)  

ابن حبّان:٦٧٢٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ الْبَزَّارُ وَعَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ أُمَّتِي الْقَرْنُ الَّذِي بُعِثْتُ فِيهِمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ» ثُمَّ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ أَذَكَرَ الثَّالِثَ أَمْ لَا «ثُمَّ يَنْشَأُ قَوْمٌ يَشْهَدُونَ وَلَا يُسْتَشْهَدُونَ وَيَنْذِرُونَ وَلَا يُوفُونَ وَيَخُونُونَ وَلَا يُؤْتَمَنُونَ وَيَفْشُو فِيهِمُ السِّمَنُ»  

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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