Hadith 22960

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ، عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبي نَضْرَةَ ، عَنْ عَبدِ اللَّهِ بنِ مَوَلَةَ ، قَالَ : بيْنَمَا أَنَا أَسِيرُ بالْأَهْوَازِ ، إِذَا أَنَا برَجُلٍ يَسِيرُ بيْنَ يَدَيَّ عَلَى بغْلٍ ، أَوْ بغْلَةٍ ، فَإِذَا هُوَ يَقُولُ : اللَّهُمَّ ذَهَب قَرْنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ ، فَأَلْحِقْنِي بهِمْ ، فَقُلْتُ : وَأَنَا فَأَدْخِلْ فِي دَعْوَتِكَ ، قَالَ : وَصَاحِبي هَذَا إِنْ أَرَادَ ذَلِكَ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " خَيْرُ أُمَّتِي قَرْنِي مِنْهُمْ ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ، قَالَ : وَلَا أَدْرِي أَذَكَرَ الثَّالِثَ ، أَمْ لَا ، ثُمَّ تَخْلُفُ أَقْوَامٌ يَظْهَرُ فِيهِمْ السِّمَنُ ، يُهْرِيقُونَ الشَّهَادَةَ ، وَلَا يَسْأَلُونَهَا " ، قَالَ : وَإِذَا هُوَ برَيْدَةُ الْأَسْلَمِيُّ .
Abdullah bin Mula says that one day I was walking in "Ahwaz" when I saw a man ahead of me riding a mule and saying, "O Allah! My time has passed from among this Ummah, so include me among them." I said, "Please include me in your supplication as well." He said, "If my companion also wishes, then (include him)." Then he said that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said, "The best of my Ummah are those of my era, then those who come after them (I do not remember whether he mentioned the third time or not), then there will come people among whom obesity will prevail, they will be ready to give testimony without being asked." That companion was Hazrat Buraidah Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him).
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند الأنصار رضي الله عنهم / 22960
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