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tabarani:3541ʿAlī b. Saʿīd al-Rāzī > Bishr b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah > Marzūq b. Nāfiʿ > Ṣāliḥ b. Jubayr > Abū Jumuʿah al-Kinānī

[Machine] We said, "O Messenger of Allah, is anyone better than us?" He said, "Yes, a people who will come after you, find a book between two covers, believe in it, and affirm it. They are better than you."  

الطبراني:٣٥٤١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ ثنا ضَمْرَةُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ مَرْزُوقِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جُمُعَةَ الْكِنَانِيِّ قَالَ

قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلْ أَحَدٌ خَيْرٌ مِنَّا؟ قَالَ «قَوْمٌ يَجِيئُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِكُمْ يَجِدُونَ كِتَابًا بَيْنَ لَوْحَيْنِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ وَيُصَدِّقُونَ هُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْكُمْ»