Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ نا أَزْهَرُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ عَنْ عَوْنٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا أَزْهَرُ قَالَ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ عَنْ عَوْنٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا أَزْهَرُ
English Translation
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, he said: Azhar narrated to us, from Ibn Awn, from Ibrahim, from Ubaidah, from Abdullah, who raised it [to the Prophet] and said: «The best of people are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them.» This hadith — we do not know it to be narrated from Awn from Ibrahim from Ubaidah from Abdullah except by Azhar.