The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked, Who are the best people? He replied: The people of my generation, and then those who will follow (come after) them, and then those who will come after the later; after that there will come some people whose witness will precede their oaths and their oaths will go ahead of their witness. Ibrahim (a sub-narrator) said, When we were young, our elder friends used to prohibit us from taking oaths by saying, 'I bear witness swearing by Allah, or by Allah's Covenant.'

':'Telah menceritakan kepada kami Sa'd bin Hafsh telah menceritakan kepada kami Syaiban dari Manshur dari Ibrahim dari 'Abidah dari 'Abdullah mengatakan Pernah Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam ditanya; 'Siapakah manusia yang terbaik?' Nabi menjawab: 'yaitu generasiku kemudian generasi sesudah mereka kemudian generasi sesudah mereka kemudian akan datang suatu kaum yang kesaksian mereka mendahului sumpahnya dan sumpahnya mendahului kesaksian mereka.' Kata Ibrahim; 'dan kawan-kawan kami -ketika itu kami masih kecil-melarang kami bersumpah untuk melaksanakan kesaksian dan janji.''