Musnad Ahmad 4130
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ
خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثَلَاثًا أَوْ أَرْبَعًا، ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ يَمِينَهُ، وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ. قَالَ: وَكَانَ أَصْحَابُنَا يَضْرِبُونَا وَنَحْنُ صِبْيَانٌ عَلَى الشَّهَادَةِ وَالْعَهْدِ.
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- ʿAbd al-Raḥman
- Sufyān
- Manṣūr
- Ibrāhīm
- ʿAbīdah
- ʿAbdullāh
✧ The best of people are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them — three or four [times] — then there will come a people whose witness will precede his oath, and his oath will precede his witness. He said: And our companions would strike us while we were children regarding testimony and covenant.
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