Hadith #44
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوَلَةَ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا أَسِيرُ بِالْأَهْوَازِ إِذَا أَنَا بِرَجُلٍ يَسِيرُ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ عَلَى بَغْلٍ أَوْ بَغْلَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ ذَهَبَ قَرْنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ فَأَلْحِقْنِي بِهِمْ فَقُلْتُ وَأَنَا فَأَدْخِلْ فِي دَعْوَتِكَ قَالَ وَصَاحِبِي هَذَا إِنْ أَرَادَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ
قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَيْرُ أُمَّتِي قَرْنِي مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ قَالَ وَلَا أَدْرِي أَذَكَرَ الثَّالِثَ أَمْ لَا ثُمَّ تَخْلُفُ أَقْوَامٌ يَظْهَرُ فِيهِمْ السِّمَنُ يُهْرِيقُونَ الشَّهَادَةَ وَلَا يَسْأَلُونَهَا قَالَ وَإِذَا هُوَ بُرَيْدَةُ الْأَسْلَمِيُّ
Isnad Chain
إسماعيل
الجريري
أبي نضرة
عبد الله بن مولة
English Translation
It was narrated from Abdullah ibn Mawala that he said: 'While I was traveling through al-Ahwaz, I came upon a man traveling before me on a mule. He was saying: "O Allah, my generation from this ummah has passed — join me with them." I said: "And me too — include me in your supplication." He said: "And my companion here, if he wishes that." Then he said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The best of my ummah is my generation, then those who come after them" — and I do not know whether he mentioned the third or not — "then there will come generations in whom obesity spreads; they will testify without being asked."' And the man turned out to be Buraidah al-Aslami.
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 42, Hadith 44
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 21882
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-58272