Imam al-Tabarani recorded these words from him (the Companion) in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat: "The best generation is the one in which I am present, then the second, then the third; then, as for the people of the fourth generation, Allah Almighty will not care about them in the least." (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Imam Ibn Majah has recorded part of this report, and the narrators of Imam al-Bazzar are thiqat (trustworthy). Among the narrators of Imam al-Tabarani is Ishaq bin Ibrahim, whom I do not know; the remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب المناقب / 16407
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الصغير (352)»