English translation
[6477] 215 - (...) This Hadīth was narrated from 'Imrān bin Ḥuṣain from the Prophet ﷺ: "The best of this Ummah are the generation to whom I was sent, then those who come after them." In the Hadīth of Abū 'Awānah it adds: "He said: 'And Allāh knows best whether he mentioned the third time or not'" - like the Hadīth of Zahdam from 'Imrān. In the Hadīth of Hishām from Qatādah it adds: "They will swear oaths but they will not be asked to swear oaths."
