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tabarani:2188al-Qāsim b. Zakariyyā al-Muṭarriz > Abū Kurayb > Ibn Idrīs from his father from his grandfather > Jaʿdah b. Hubayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of people are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who come after them are the most inferior."  

الطبراني:٢١٨٨حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا الْمُطَرِّزُ ثنا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ثنا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ جَعْدَةَ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ ثُمَّ الْآخَرُونَ أَرْذَلُ»  


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hakim:4871Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr al-Bazzār Bibaghdād

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, saying, "The best of people are my generation, then those who come after them, then those who come after them. Then there will come a people who will be deceitful."  

الحاكم:٤٨٧١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْبَزَّارُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ الْجُعْفِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ جَعْدَةَ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الْآخَرُونَ أَرْدَى»  

tabarani:10058Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Firyābī > Yaḥyá b. Mūsá al-Balkhī > Yaḥyá b. Ibrāhīm al-Sulamī > al-Ḥasan b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Ajlaḥ > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The best people are my generation, then the one that follows them, then the one that follows them, and then there will come a people in whom there is no good."  

الطبراني:١٠٠٥٨حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى الْبَلْخِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ السُّلَمِيُّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنِ الْأَجْلَحِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الثَّانِي ثُمَّ الثَّالِثُ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ لَا خَيْرَ فِيهِمْ»  

tabarani:2187Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs from his father from his grandfather > Jaʿdah b. Hubayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of people are my generation, then those who come after them, then those who come after them, then those who come after them. Then there will come after them people whose testimony alters with the changing of their circumstances and their oaths."[The prompt answer is not provided as per the instruction.]  

الطبراني:٢١٨٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ جَعْدَةَ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الْآخَرُونَ أَرْذَلُ»