1149 – Abū Bakr ‘Abd Allāh ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Hamīd al-Wāsitī also reported to us: Ziyād ibn Ayyūb reported to us: Hushaym reported to us: Abū Bishr informed us, from ‘Abd Allāh ibn Shaqīq, from Abū Hurayra, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “The best of my nation is the generation among whom I was sent, then those who follow them.” Allah knows best whether he mentioned the third generation or not.