Chapters on Virtues
49/57. Chapter:
What Has Been Related About The Virtues Of One Who Saw The Prophet (SAW) And Accompanied Him
Jami at-Tirmidhi
حَدَّثَنِي هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، هُوَ السَّلْمَانِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي قَوْمٌ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ تَسْبِقُ أَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَاتِهِمْ أَوْ شَهَادَاتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ " . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عُمَرَ وَعِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ وَبُرَيْدَةَ . هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud: That The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Said: "The Best Generation Is My Generation, Then Those Who Follow Them, Then Those Who Follow Them. Then Comes A People After That Whose Swearing Precedes Their Testimony, Or Whose Testimony Precedes Their Swearing."
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3859In-book reference : Book 49, Hadith 259English translation : Vol. 1, Book 46, Hadith 3859