Volume 5, Book 57, Number 2:
Narrated Imran bin Husain:
“Allah’s Apostle said, ‘The best of my followers are those living in my generation (i.e. my contem –
poraries). and then those who will follow the latter” ‘Imran added, “I do not remember whether he
mentioned two or three generations after his generation, then the Prophet added, ‘There will come
after you, people who will bear witness without being asked to do so, and will be treacherous and
untrustworthy, and they will vow and never fulfill their vows, and fatness will appear among them.”
Volume 5, Book 57, Number 3:
Narrated Abdullah:
The Prophet said, “The best people are those living in my generation, and then those who will fol –
low them, and then those who will follow the latter. Then there will come some people who will bear
witness before taking oaths, and take oaths before bearing witness.” (Ibrahim, a sub-narrator said,
“They used to beat us for witnesses and covenants when we were still children.”)