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Sahih Muslim 2953cصحيح مسلم 2953c
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ مَرَّ غُلاَمٌ لِلْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَقْرَانِي فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنْ يُؤَخَّرْ هَذَا فَلَنْ يُدْرِكَهُ الْهَرَمُ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ " .
Anas reported: A young boy of Mughira b. Shu'ba happened to pass by (the Holy Prophet) and he was of my age. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said: If he lives long he would not grow very old till the Last Hour would come (to the old people of this generation).
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
هارون بن عبد الله ← عفان بن مسلم ← همام بن يحيى بن دينار ← قتادة بن دعامة بن قتادة ← أنس بن مالك بن النضر
Harun ibn Abdullah → Affan ibn Muslim → Hammam ibn Yahya ibn Dinar → Qatada ibn Di'ama ibn Qatada → Anas bin Malik