Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Mubārak narrated to us, saying: Wahb ibn Jarīr narrated to us, saying: Shuʿbah narrated to us, from ʿAmr ibn Murrah, from Abū ʿUbaydah, from Abū Mūsā, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“Allah, Mighty and Majestic, extends His hand by night so that those who sinned by day may repent, and He extends His hand—meaning, by day—so that those who sinned by night may repent, until the sun rises from the west.”

⦗177⦘ Abū Bakr said: Al-Makhzūmī did not say “by day.” I have dictated this chapter in full in the Book of Repentance and Turning to Allah. Now listen to the evidence concerning the meaning of this report—that Allah Most High extends His hand, as the report states—so that it may be known with certainty that the deeds of the night are raised to Allah before the day, and the deeds of the day before the night.