Muhammad ibn Yahyā narrated to us, saying: Abū al-Yamān narrated to us, saying: Shu‘ayb—who is Ibn Abī Hamzah—narrated to us, from al-Zuhrī, who said: Abū Salamah informed me that Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“Allah will grasp the earth and fold up the heaven ⦗168⦘ in His right hand. Then He will say: ‘I am the King! Where are the kings of the earth?’”

Muhammad ibn Yahyā narrated to us, saying: Abū Sālih narrated to us, saying: Al-Layth narrated to me, saying: ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn Khālid—who is Ibn Musāfir—narrated to me, from Ibn Shihāb.

Muhammad also narrated to us, saying: Ishāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-‘Alā’ narrated to us, saying: ‘Amr ⦗169⦘ ibn al-Hārith narrated to us, saying: ‘Abdullāh ibn Sālim narrated to me, from al-Zubaydī, who said: Al-Zuhrī informed me, from Abū Salamah, that Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say the like of this.”

Muhammad ibn Yahyā said to us: “We regard both hadiths as reliably preserved”—meaning those transmitted through Sa‘īd and Abū Salamah.

Hammād narrated to us the hadith of Sa‘īd ibn al-Musayyib, saying: Nu‘aym ibn Hammād narrated to us, saying: ⦗170⦘ Ibn al-Mubārak narrated to us, saying: Yūnus informed us.

Abū Bakr said: I worded the chapter heading to convey the same meaning as that recorded in the copies of the Quran, because Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said:

“The entire earth will be in His grasp on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens will be rolled up in His right hand.” [Al-Zumar: 67]