عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «خَيْرُ أُمَّتِي قَرْنِي، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ - قَالَ عِمْرَانُ: فَلاَ أَدْرِي، أَذَكَرَ بَعْدَ قَرْنِهِ قَرْنَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا؟ - ثُمَّ إِنَّ بَعْدَكُمْ قَوْمًا يَشْهَدُونَ وَلاَ يُسْتَشْهَدُونَ، وَيَخُونُونَ وَلاَ يُؤْتَمَنُونَ، وَيَنْذِرُونَ وَلاَ يَفُونَ، وَيَظْهَرُ فِيهِمُ السِّمَنُ».
‘Imrān ibn Ḥuṣayn narrated that God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said:
The best of my community are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow. ‘Imrān said: I am unsure whether God’s Messenger said twice or three times after his generation. Then there will come after them people who bear witness without being asked; are untrue to a trust, pledge but do not fulfil, and obesity will spread among them.
