Hadith #81
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَن
ْ خَيْثَمَةَ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ وَتَسْبِقُ أَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَتَهُمْ
Isnad Chain
أسود بن عامر
عاصم عن
English Translation
Aswad ibn ʿĀmir narrated to us: Abū Bakr informed us, from ʿĀṣim, from Khaythamah, from al-Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr رضي الله عنه who said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The best of people is my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then there will come people whose testimony precedes their oaths and whose oaths precede their testimony.'
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 35, Hadith 81
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17719
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-54109