Sahih al-Bukhari 6658

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كتاب الأيمان والنذور ›

Chapter: "I bear witness swearing by Allah"

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by Ibn Masud 6 narrators

Sa'd bin Hafs al-Tlhy Atbāʿ Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn Shayban bin 'Abdur Rahman Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. 164 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) was asked, "Who are the best people?" He replied: The people of my generation, and then those who will follow (come after) them, and then those who will come after the later; after that there will come some people whose witness will precede their oaths and their oaths will go ahead of their witness." Ibrahim (a sub-narrator) said, "When we were young, our elder friends used to prohibit us from taking oaths by saying, 'I bear witness swearing by Allah, or by Allah's Covenant."'

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 6658

In-book reference

Book 83, Hadith 37

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 8, Book 78, Hadith 652

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَىُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ قَالَ ‏ "‏ قَرْنِي، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ يَمِينَهُ، وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَكَانَ أَصْحَابُنَا يَنْهَوْنَا وَنَحْنُ غِلْمَانٌ أَنْ نَحْلِفَ بِالشَّهَادَةِ وَالْعَهْدِ‏.‏

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