The Meanings of Reports · Hadith 789 (#Ḥadīth #61)

حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد، قال: حدثنا الحسن بن متيل الدقاق، قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن عمر الكرابيسي عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: خير شبانكم من تشبه بكهولكم، وشر كهولكم من تشبه بشبانكم.

61. We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Waleed, that he said: We were told by Hasan bin Mutayyal, the flour merchant, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Hussain bin Abi’l-Khattab, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Umar al-Karabeesi, from Abu Abdillah that he said: “The best among your youths is the one who resembles your old ones, and the worst among your old ones is the one who resembles your youths.”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).