Hadith #385
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدٍ الْقَارِيُّ مِنْ قَبِيلَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا قَارَةُ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ وَنَزَلَ الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةَ بَلَدُ بَابِ مِصْرَ فَقِي
لَ لَهُ الْإِسْكَنْدَرَانِيُّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ بُعِثْتُ فِي خَيْرِ قُرُونِ بَنِي آدَمَ قَرْنًا فَقَرْنًا حَتَّى كُنْتُ مِنْ الْقَرْنِ الَّذِي كُنْتُ فِيهِ
Isnad Chain
قتيبة بن سعيد
English Translation
Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, he said: Ya'qub ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Qari narrated to us — from a tribe called Qarah, from the Ansar, who settled in Alexandria, the gateway of Egypt, so he was called al-Iskandarani — from 'Amr ibn Abi 'Amr, from Sa'id al-Maqburi, from Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه), that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I was sent among the best generations of the children of Adam, generation after generation, until I was from the generation in which I am.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 20, Hadith 385
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 9023
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-45413