Sunan Abi Dawud · Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

باب فِي فَضْلِ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم

Chapter: Excellence Of The Companions Of The Prophet (saws).

1 hadith · references 4657–4657

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Abu Dawud · 4657خَيْرُ أُمَّتِي الْقَرْنُ الَّذِينَ بُعِثْتُ فِيهِمْ ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ، وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ أَذَكَرَ الثَّالِثَ أَمْ لَا ، ثُمَّ يَظْهَرُ قَوْمٌ يَشْهَدُونَ وَلَا يُسْتَشْهَدُونَImran bin Husain reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: the best of my people is the generation in which I have been sent, then their immediate followers, then their immediate followers. Allah knows best whether he6 narrators·parallel chain