Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī likewise narrated it from him, and Ibn Mājah transmitted it from him through a comparatively higher chain.
I myself encountered the report with an elevated isnād in the Dictations (Amālī) of Abū al-Ḥusayn ibn Samʿūn, who related it from a shaykh of doubtful reliability called Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān ibn Zabbān al-Kindī, on the authority of Hishām.
Ibn Zabbān was the last person on earth to claim that he had heard directly from Hishām; he lived on until 338 AH and left behind a well-known juzʾ (hadith pamphlet).
Al-Fasawī said, “I heard Hishām ibn ʿAmmār say: ‘I attended one gathering with our companions in which I listened to Saʿīd ibn Bashīr, yet I did not write it down; and I heard many narrations from Bukayr ibn Maʿrūf.’”
ʿAbdān al-Ahwāzī said, “We would not pray behind Hudbah ibn Khālid because his prayers were so long; in both bowing and prostration he would pronounce the glorification a little over thirty times. Of all people, he most resembled Hishām ibn ʿAmmār in his beard, his face, in everything—even in the way he prayed.”
I add: As for the Imām’s description of him as ‘flighty’ (ṭayyāsh), that was because news reached the Imām that Hishām had once declared in a sermon, “Praise be to Allah who manifested Himself to His creation by means of His creation.” This expression is not befitting
He said: “Would you dispute about seeing the sun and the full moon on a clear night when it is full?” We answered, “No.”
He continued: “Likewise, you will not quarrel over seeing your Lord. In that gathering not one person will remain without Allah drawing him into an intimate audience. He will say to a man, ‘O so-and-so, son of so-and-so, do you remember the day of such-and-such?’ Then He will remind him of some acts of betrayal he committed in the world. The man will say, ‘My Lord, did You not forgive me?’ Allah will reply, ‘Indeed; the breadth of My forgiveness has raised you to this rank.’
While they are in that state, a cloud will come over them from above and will shower them with a perfume whose fragrance they have never experienced before. Then our Lord, majestic and exalted, will say, ‘Rise to the honour I have prepared for you and take whatever you desire.’
We will then come to a market encircled by angels, containing things that no eyes have ever seen, no ears have ever heard, and no hearts have ever conceived. Whatever we desire will be brought to us; nothing there is bought or sold.
In that market the inhabitants of Paradise will meet one another. A man of high rank will approach someone below him—though none of them is lowly—and will be struck by the garments he sees upon him. Before their conversation ends, the admirer will find himself arrayed in something even finer, for no one is allowed to feel sadness there.
Then we will return to our dwellings, and our spouses will greet us, saying, ‘Welcome and glad tidings! You have returned more beautiful than when you left us.’ He will reply, ‘Today we sat with our Lord, the Compeller, and it is only right that we return in the state you now see.’
Ibn Majah also recorded this hadith (no. 4336) through the chain of Hisham ibn Ammar.