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1152 – Ibn ‘Abd al-Hamīd also reported to us: Ya‘qūb ibn Ibrāhīm al-Dawraqī reported to us: Wakī‘ reported to us: al-A‘mash reported to us, from Hilāl ibn Yasāf, from ⦗1680⦘ ‘Imrān ibn Husayn, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “The best people are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them.”
١١٥٢ - وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ , عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ يَسَافٍ , عَنْ ⦗١٦٨٠⦘ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي , ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ , ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ»