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3840. Imrān bin Ḥuṣain said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'The best of you are my generation, then those who come after them, then those whom after them, then those who come after them.' – I do not know if he said two times after him or three. Then he mentioned some people who betray and cannot be trusted, who bear witness without being asked to do so, who make vows and do not fulfill them, and fatness will prevail among them." (Sahīh)
Abū ‘Abdur-Raḥmān (An-Nasā’ī) said: This (one of the narrators) is Naṣr bin Imrān, Abū Ḥamzah.
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Commentary
‘Of my generation’ means the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ are the most excellent among the Muslim nation, and it is an agreed upon issue. This is because they directly and bountifully received the Prophetic grace. ‘Thereafter those who will follow them’: This means the successors or the Tabi’un. ‘Thereafter’ signifies the followers of the successors or the Tab’ Tabi’in.
