Sahih Muslim #6319
The Book of the Merits of the Companions
Of the generation to which I belong, then of the second generation (generation adjacent to my generation), then of the third generation (generation adjacent to the second generation).
Narrated by 'A'isha reported that a person asked Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as to who amongst the people were the best. He said:
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سُورَةُ المُؤۡمِنُونَ
Al-Muminoon (The Believers)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قُرُونًا ءَاخَرِينَ
Then We produced after them other generations.
ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا ءَاخَرِينَ
Then We produced after them a generation of others.
سُورَةُ الحِجۡرِ
Al-Hijr (The Rock)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَـْٔخِرِينَ
And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come].
سُورَةُ الوَاقِعَةِ
Al-Waaqia (The Inevitable)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ثَلَٰثَةًۭ
And you become [of] three kinds:
سُورَةُ النَّازِعَاتِ
An-Naazi'aat (Those who drag forth)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
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This hadith is #6319 from Sahih Muslim, in the Book of The Book of the Merits of the Companions. It is graded Sahih and narrated by 'A'isha reported that a person asked Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as to who amongst the people were the best. He said:. Sahih Muslim contains 7,459 hadiths across 57 books.