with him—from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), who said: “Allah descends amid canopies of cloud from the Throne to the Kursī.” Abū ‘Abd Allāh said: “This is a singular hadith; it has not reached us through Muhammad ibn Salamah.” Al-Marwadhī said: “He regarded it favorably.”

Al-Khallāl said: Abū Bakr al-Marwadhī also informed us: Ismā‘īl ibn ‘Ubayd ibn Abī Karīmah al-Harrānī narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Abū ‘Abd al-Rahīm Khālid ibn Abī Yazīd, who said: Ibn Abī Unaysah narrated to me, from al-Minhāl ibn ‘Amr, from Abū ‘Ubaydah ibn ‘Abd Allāh, from Masrūq ibn al-Ajda‘, who said: ‘Abd Allāh ibn Mas‘ūd narrated to us from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), who said:

“Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will gather the first and the last at the appointed time of a known Day. They will stand for forty years, their eyes fixed on the sky, awaiting the decisive judgment.” He said: “Allah, Blessed and Exalted, will descend amid canopies of cloud from the Throne to the Kursī. Then a caller will proclaim: ‘O people, will you not accept from your Lord