صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim — Hadith 4601
Compiled by Imam Muslim
Arabic Text
و حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ السَّمَّانُ عَنْ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِعَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ فَلَا أَدْرِي فِي الثَّالِثَةِ أَوْ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ قَالَ ثُمَّ يَتَخَلَّفُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ يَمِينَهُ وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ
English Translation
Dan telah menceritakan kepadaku [Al Hasan bin 'Ali Al Hulwani]; Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Azhar bin Sa'ad As Samman] dari [Ibnu 'Aun] dari [Ibrahim] dari ['Abidah] dari ['Abdullah] dari Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam beliau bersabda: "Sebaik-baik manusia adalah generasiku, kemudian generasi setelahnya, kemudian generasi setelahnya lagi, -aku tidak tahu- beliau menyebutkan generasi setelah beliau tiga kali atau empat kali.- lalu beliau bersabda lagi: 'kemudian akan datang generasi setelah mereka yang mana persaksian salah seorang dari mereka mendahului sumpahnya, atau sebaliknya.'
About Sahih Muslim
Born
204 AH / 820 CE — Nishapur, Iran
Died
261 AH / 875 CE
Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj was a student of Imam al-Bukhari. He compiled Sahih Muslim selecting from approximately 300,000 hadiths, arranging his collection thematically and grouping all chains of each hadith together — making it uniquely easy to study the complete transmission history of a single narration.
Sahih Muslim took 15 years to complete. Its unique arrangement — all isnads for one hadith in one place — remains unmatched in the hadith literature.
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