ʿAmr ibn ʿAlī and Muhammad ibn Yahyā narrated to us; both said: Abū ʿĀsim narrated to us, from Sufyān, from ʿAmr ibn Murrah, from Abū ʿUbaydah, from Abū Mūsā, who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) stood among us and delivered four statements:

“Indeed, Allah does not sleep, nor is it befitting for Him to sleep. He lowers the balance and raises it. The deeds of the night are raised to Him before the day, and the deeds of the day before the night. His veil is fire. Were He to remove it, the splendor of His Face would burn everything encompassed by His sight.”

Muhammad ibn Yahyā said: “The deeds of the night are raised to Him before the day, and the deeds of the day before the night.”

⦗48⦘ Muhammad ibn Yahyā narrated to us: Muhammad ibn ʿUbayd and Abū Nuʿaym narrated to us; both said: Al-Masʿūdī narrated to us, from ʿAmr ibn Murrah, from Abū ʿUbaydah, from Abū Mūsā, who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) stood among us and delivered four statements. Ibn Yahyā related the same wording and added: Then Abū ʿUbaydah recited:

“Blessed is whoever is in the fire and whoever is around it. And glory be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.” [Al-Naml: 8]

Bahr ibn Nasr ibn Sābiq al-Khawlānī narrated to us: Asad al-Sunnah—ibn Mūsā—narrated to us: Al-Masʿūdī narrated to us exactly the same report through this chain of transmission, and said: “and raises it.”

⦗49⦘ Muhammad ibn Yahyā narrated to us: ʿUthmān ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Jarīr narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from ʿAmr ibn Murrah, from Abū ʿUbaydah, from Abū Mūsā, from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), a report like that of Abū ʿĀsim, and said:

“Allah’s Hand is outstretched.”