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Musnad Ahmad Hadith 18348

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Original Arabic

حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ، وَالشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ (١) ، ثُمَّ يَأْتِي قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ أَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَتَهُمْ، وَشَهَادَتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ " (٢)، ،

Translation

English translation

It is narrated from Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The best people are those of my generation, then those who come after them, then those who come after them, then those who come after them. After that, a people will come whose oath will precede their testimony and whose testimony will precede their oath.

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Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 18348 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 660, Hadith of al-Nu‘man ibn Bashir from the Prophet (peace be upon him), as in-book entry 2.

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مسند احمد / أول مسند الكوفيين / 18348

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