Chain of narration · Isnād
Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.
Narrated by Ya'qub bin Ibrahim bin Sa'dfromHashaym bin Bashayr bin al-QasimfromJa'far bin Iyas (Abi Wahshiyya)fromIsma'il bin Salm al-Sa'aghfromHashaym bin Bashayr bin al-QasimfromJa'far bin Iyas (Abi Wahshiyya)from'Abdullah bin Shaqayq al-AqaylifromAbu Hurairah
Hadith text · Matn
حَدَّثَنِي يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ، بْنُ سَالِمٍ أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " خَيْرُ أُمَّتِي الْقَرْنُ الَّذِينَ بُعِثْتُ فِيهِمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ " . وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ أَذَكَرَ الثَّالِثَ أَمْ لاَ قَالَ " ثُمَّ يَخْلُفُ قَوْمٌ يُحِبُّونَ السَّمَانَةَ يَشْهَدُونَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْتَشْهَدُوا " .
English translation
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
The best age of my Umma is one in which I was sent (by Allah as an Messenger), then the one next to that. (The narrator said): And Allah knows best whether he stated this third (time) or not. Then there would come people who would love (to look) bulky and they would hasten to the witness box before they are asked to bear witness.
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 44, Hadith 302
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 31, Hadith 6154 (deprecated numbering scheme)