Sahih al-Bukhari 3651

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كتاب فضائل أصحاب النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم ›

Chapter: The virtues of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ

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 best people are those living in my generation, and then those who will follow them, and then those who will follow the latter. Then there will come some people who will bear witness before taking oaths, and take oaths before bearing witness." (Ibrahim, a sub-narrator said, "They used to beat us for witnesses and covenants when we were still children.")

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 3651

In-book reference

Book 62, Hadith 3

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 5, Book 57, Hadith 3

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 أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ يَمِينَهُ وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَكَانُوا يَضْرِبُونَا عَلَى الشَّهَادَةِ وَالْعَهْدِ وَنَحْنُ صِغَارٌ‏.‏

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