The Sunnis define a "successor of the Successors" as a Muslim who: • Saw at least one of the tābiʿ. • Was rightly guided (is a Sunni) • Died in the state of Sunnihood The
Sahih Bukhari, the first complete collection of
Hadiths in
Sunni Islam, asserts that
Muhammad said, "The best people are those living in my generation, then those coming after them, and then those coming after." ==List of
Tābiʿ al-Tābʿīn ==