Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not revile my companions. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, if any one of you were to spend gold equal to Mount Uhud, it would not reach even a mudd of what they spent, nor even half of it.

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his companions: "You are among the people just like salt is in food." The narrator says: Then Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Food is not good without salt." After that, Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "What will become of the people whose salt is gone?"

Hazrat Abu Burdah’s (may Allah have mercy on him) father narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: My companions are the trusted ones of my Ummah. So when my companions depart, then those things with which my Ummah has been warned will occur.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The best era of my Ummah is the one which is joined with me. Then the era which is joined with those companions (may Allah be pleased with them). Then those people who are joined with them. Then a people will come in which a person's testimony will precede his oath, and his oath will precede his testimony.

Hazrat Ja'd bin Hubairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The best of people are those of my generation, then those who follow them, then those whose time is joined with theirs, then others are inferior.

Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The best people are those of my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them, then those who follow them.

Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that indeed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: Indeed, the best people among you are those of my era, then those who are with them, then those who are with them. The narrator says: I do not know whether the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said this sentence twice or three times after mentioning his own era.

Hazrat Qabeesah bin Jabir (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) stood at the gate of Jabiyah and addressed us, saying: Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood among us just as I am standing among you today. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O people! Fear Allah regarding my Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), then those who meet them, and then those who meet those who meet them. Then falsehood and false testimony will become widespread.

Hazrat Nu’man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The best people are those of my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then there will come a people whose testimony will precede their oaths, and their oaths will precede their testimony.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Mawlah, may Allah have mercy on him, narrates that I was walking with Hazrat Buraidah Aslami, may Allah be pleased with him, when he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: The best individuals of this Ummah are those people of the era in which I was sent, then those who are joined with them, then those who are joined with them, then those who are joined with them. Then there will come a people whose testimonies will precede their oaths and whose oaths will precede their testimonies.

Hazrat Naseer bin Zaalooq (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I heard Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) saying: Do not revile the companions of Muhammad ﷺ. For indeed, one moment of any one of them standing in the way of Allah is better than a lifetime of worship by any one of you.

Hazrat Amr bin Shurahbil (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The best people are those of my generation, then those who will follow them, then those who will follow them; then there will come people who will give testimonies before being asked.

Hazrat Wathilah bin Asqa’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You will remain in goodness as long as there is among you one who has seen me and kept my company. By Allah! You will remain in goodness as long as there is among you one who has seen the one who saw me and kept the company of the one who kept my company. And by Allah! You will remain in goodness as long as there is among you one who has seen the one who saw my companion and kept the company of the one who kept the company of my companion.

Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said that people were commanded to seek forgiveness for the companions (may Allah be pleased with them) of Muhammad (peace be upon him), and you people abuse them! ! !

Hazrat Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever abuses my companion, then the curse of Allah is upon him.

Hazrat Umar bin Zar (may Allah have mercy on him) says that one day I was standing with Imam Sha’bi (may Allah have mercy on him) when a man came to him and asked: What do you say about Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)? Upon this, he (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: I am unconcerned that on the Day of Judgment Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) would complain to me of oppression.