What is the authenticity of the hadith: “A man will come after you who is better than ten of you…”?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it authentic that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) praised by saying, “A man will come after you who is better than ten of you”? They said, “O Messenger of Allah, from among them?” He said, “No, from among you.” Is this hadith authentic?
Answer:
By Allah, I do not know this one. But what I know is regarding the strangers in the last times: the one who holds fast to my Sunnah when my community falls into corruption has the reward of fifty. They said, “O Messenger of Allah, from among us or from among them?” He said, “No, from among you.” This means specifically in this matter. As for the rest of the matters, the Companions are far superior to those who came after them. They have many virtues that encompass the virtue obtained by the later one through his patience and steadfastness upon the religion.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it authentic that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) praised
upon the scholars after the Companions
على أهل العلم من بعد الصحابةAnswer:
By Allah, I do not know this one. But what I know is regarding the strangers in the last times: the one who holds fast to my Sunnah when my community falls into corruption has the reward of fifty. They said, “O Messenger of Allah, from among us or from among them?” He said, “No, from among you.” This means specifically in this matter. As for the rest of the matters, the Companions are far superior to those who came after them. They have many virtues that encompass the virtue obtained by the later one through his patience and steadfastness upon the religion.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [449 -560] ما صحة حديث (يأتي من بعدكم الرجل خير من عشرة منكم..) الحديث؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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