صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب فضائل الصحابةThe Book of the Merits of the Companions
باب فَضْلِ الصَّحَابَةِ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ:Chapter: The Virtues Of the Sahabah, Then Those Who Come After Them, Then Those Who Come After Them
Hadith 2534
حَدَّثَنِي يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ . ح وحَدَّثَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " خَيْرُ أُمَّتِي الْقَرْنُ الَّذِينَ بُعِثْتُ فِيهِمْ ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ، وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ أَذَكَرَ الثَّالِثَ أَمْ لَا ، قَالَ : ثُمَّ يَخْلُفُ قَوْمٌ يُحِبُّونَ السَّمَانَةَ يَشْهَدُونَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْتَشْهَدُوا " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (may, peace be upon him) as saying: The best age of my Umma is one in which I was sent (by Allah as an Apostle), 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.
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ . ح وحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ . ح وحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ، كِلَاهُمَا ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ ، بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ مِثْلَهُ ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ فِي حَدِيثِ شُعْبَةَ ، قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ : فَلَا أَدْرِي مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةً .
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) through another chain of transmitters (but with this variation) that Abu Hurairah (RA) said: I do not know whether he (the Holy Prophet) said (these words:" Then next") twice or thrice.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
yuhibboona as-samānah:
They will love corpulence,
that is, they will be fond of worldly pleasures and benefits, will have a passion for eating and drinking, and for the sake of these will go to any lengths.
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
yuhibboona as-samānah:
They will love corpulence,
that is, they will be fond of worldly pleasures and benefits, will have a passion for eating and drinking, and for the sake of these will go to any lengths.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 6473
