مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwiya
كتاب الفضائلBook of Virtues
Description of three eras
Hadith 553
أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ، نا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: خَيْرُكُمْ قَرْنِي، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، قَالَ: فَلَا أَدْرِي أَذَكَرَ ثَالِثًا أَمْ لَا قَالَ: ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ يُسَمَّونَ السَّمَّانَةَ، يَشْهَدُونَ وَلَا يُسْتَشْهَدُونَ.
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace be upon him) said: "The best (era) among you is my era, then those who will come after them, and then those who will come after them." The narrator says: I do not know whether he mentioned the era a third time or not. He (peace be upon him) said: "Then there will come a people who will love obesity, they will bear witness while their testimony will not be sought."
