النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " خَيْرُكُمْ قَرْنِي، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ". قَالَ عِمْرَانُ فَمَا أَدْرِي قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعْدَ قَوْلِهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا " ثُمَّ يَكُونُ بَعْدَهُمْ قَوْمٌ يَشْهَدُونَ وَلاَ يُسْتَشْهَدُونَ، وَيَخُونُونَ وَلاَ يُؤْتَمَنُونَ، وَيَنْذِرُونَ وَلاَ يَفُونَ وَيَظْهَرُ فِيهِمُ السِّمَنُ ".
`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 amnot 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 givetheir witness; and they will be treacherous and nobody will trust them, and they will make vows, butwill not fulfill them, and fatness will appear among them."