What Has Been Related About The Virtues Of One Who Saw The Prophet ﷺ And His Companions
Darussalam · Volume 6
46. Chapters On Al-Manāqib (Virtues) From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 3859 · Volume 8 · Page 359
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (٢٣٦٢)
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3859. 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The best generation is my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then comes a people after that whose swearing precedes their testimony, or whose testimony precedes their swearing." (Ṣaḥīḥ) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Umar, 'Imrān bin Ḥuṣain and Buraidah. [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
٣٨٥٩ - حَدَّثَنِي هَنَّادٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ هُوَ السَّلْمَانِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي»، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ يَأْتِي قَوْمٌ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تَسْبِقُ أَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَاتِهِمْ، أَوْ شَهَادَاتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ. وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عُمَرَ، وَعِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، وَبُرَيْدَةَ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
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This narration proves that the best period was the period of the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions, and after that, the period of the followers of the Companions and still after them the period of those who followed the followers of the Companions. After these three periods the people will not care about their vows or their testimony. Sometimes they will swear first and then give the evidence, and sometimes they will give witness first and then swear.