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Musnad Ahmed: Hadith 3571

26. 'Musnad of Abdullah bin Mas''ood'

مسند احمد

3571
Musnad Ahmed
Its isnad is saheeh, al-Bukhari (6429) and Muslim (2533)]
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The best of people are my generation, then those who come after them, then those who come after them, then those who come after them. Then there will come people who will rush to give their testimony before their oath or vice versa (i.e., they will combine their oath and testimony, sometimes putting one before the other, meaning that they will be careless about the issue of testimony and oath).
Reference: Musnad Ahmad 3594
Arabic/English book : Book 26, Hadith 3594