Sahih al-Bukhari 2652

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Chapter: Do not be a witness for injustice, if asked for that

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by Ibn Masud 6 narrators

Muhammad bin Kathir bin Abi 'Ata' Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. > 210 AH Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn 97 AH – 161 AH Mansur bin al-Ma'tamar al-Salmi Tābiʿī d. 132 AH Ibrahim al-Nakha'i Tābiʿī ~47 AH – 96 AH 'Ubaida bin 'Amr al-Salamani Tābiʿī d. ~72 AH Ibn Masud Companion d. 32 AH/ 652 CE

Narrated `Abdullah:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The people of my generation are the best, then those who follow them, and then whose who follow the latter. After that there will come some people whose witness will go ahead of their oaths, and their oaths will go ahead of their witness." Ibrahim (a sub-narrator) said, "We used to be beaten for taking oaths by saying, 'I bear witness by the Name of Allah or by the Covenant of Allah."

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 2652

In-book reference

Book 52, Hadith 16

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 3, Book 48, Hadith 820

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ أَقْوَامٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ يَمِينَهُ، وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَكَانُوا يَضْرِبُونَنَا عَلَى الشَّهَادَةِ وَالْعَهْدِ‏.‏

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