Hazrat Abdullah bin Mawlah, may Allah have mercy on him, narrates that I was walking with Hazrat Buraidah Aslami, may Allah be pleased with him, when he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: The best individuals of this Ummah are those people of the era in which I was sent, then those who are joined with them, then those who are joined with them, then those who are joined with them. Then there will come a people whose testimonies will precede their oaths and whose oaths will precede their testimonies.