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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The best people are those of my generation, and then those who will come after
them (the next generation), and then those who will come after them (i.e. the next generation), and
then after them, there will come people whose witness will precede their oaths, and whose oaths will
precede their witness."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 81, Hadith 18
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`Imran bin Husain said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The best people are my contemporaries (i.e., the present
(my) generation) and then those who come after them (i.e., the next generation)." `Imran added: I am
not sure whether the Prophet (ﷺ) repeated the statement twice after his first saying. The Prophet (ﷺ) added,
"And after them there will come people who will bear witness, though they will not be asked to give
their witness; and they will be treacherous and nobody will trust them, and they will make vows, but
will not fulfill them, and fatness will appear among them."
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I heard Khabbab, who had branded his `Abdomen with seven brands, saying, "Had Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) not
forbidden us to invoke Allah for death, I would have invoked Allah for death. The companions of
Muhammad have left this world without taking anything of their reward in it (i.e., they will have
perfect reward in the Hereafter), but we have collected of the worldly wealth what we cannot spend
but on earth (i.e. on building houses).