(52) باب فَضْلِ الصَّحَابَةِ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may, peace be upon him) as saying:
The best age of my Umma is one in which I was sent (by Allah as an Apostle), then the one next to that. (The narrator said): And Allah knows best whether he stated this third (time) or not. Then there would come people who would love (to look) bulky and they would hasten to the witness box before they are asked to bear witness.
Reference: Sahih Muslim 2534 a
In-book reference: Book 44, Hadith 302
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 31, Hadith 6154