Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 820 – Volume 3, Book 48

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Volume 3, Book 48, Number 820:
Narrated Abdullah:
The Prophet said, "The people of my generation are the best, then those who follow them, and then
whose who follow the latter. After that there will come some people whose witness will go ahead of
their oaths, and their oaths will go ahead of their witness." Ibrahim (a sub-narrator) said, "We used
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to be beaten for taking oaths by saying, 'I bear witness by the Name of Allah or by the Covenant of
Allah."