706 — Ibn Abī Dāwūd informed us, saying: Musʿab ibn Muhammad ibn Musʿab narrated to us, saying: Yazīd—meaning Ibn Hārūn—narrated to us, saying: Sharīk informed us, from Abū Ishāq, from al-Agharr Abū Muslim, from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī and Abū Hurayra, that they both testified concerning the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and I testify concerning them both—that he said: “Indeed, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, waits ⦗1136⦘ until the first third of the night has passed, then descends to the lowest heaven and says: ‘Is there anyone seeking forgiveness, that he may be forgiven? Is there anyone repenting, that his repentance may be accepted? Is there anyone asking, that he may be given?’”

707 — Ibn Abī Dāwūd informed us, saying: Salama ibn Shabīb narrated to us, saying: ʿAbd al-Razzāq narrated to us, saying: Maʿmar narrated to us, from Abū Ishāq; and he mentioned the hadith to its end in similar wording. Ibn Abī Dāwūd also informed us, saying: Muhammad ibn ʿUthmān al-ʿIjlī narrated to us, saying: ʿUbayd Allāh—meaning Ibn Mūsā—narrated to us, from Isrāʾīl, from Abū Ishāq; and he mentioned the hadith to its end in similar wording.