Muslim alone records this ḥadith through the transmission of Manṣūr.

Thus it may be understood that the angelic companion mentioned here is other than the angel appointed to guard a person. Rather, he is assigned to guide and direct him—by his Lord’s permission—to the paths of goodness and right guidance, just as a diabolic companion is deputed to him who spares no effort in corrupting and leading him astray. Whoever is protected by Allah is truly safeguarded, and in Allah we place our reliance.

Al-Bukhārī said: “Aḥmad ibn Yūnus narrated to us; Ibrāhīm ibn Saʿd narrated to us; Ibn Shihāb narrated to us, from Abū Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and al-Agharr, from Abū Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘When Friday comes, angels stand at every gate of the mosque, recording the first to arrive and then the next; when the imam sits down, they fold up their scrolls and come to listen to the reminder.’” Al-Bukhārī transmits it solely through this chain, although the two Ṣaḥīḥs contain it via another route.

Allah the Exalted says: “And recite the Qur’an at dawn, for the recitation of dawn is witnessed” (Al-Isrāʾ 17:78).

Imām Aḥmad said: “Asbāṭ narrated to us; al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Ibrāhīm, from Ibn Masʿūd, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)… And al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Abū Hurayrah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) concerning the verse, ‘And recite the Qur’an at dawn, for the recitation of dawn is witnessed’—he said, ‘It is attended by the angels of the night and the angels of the day.’” Al-Tirmidhī, al-Nasāʾī, and Ibn Mājah also reported it through the narration of Asbāṭ, and al-Tirmidhī graded it “sound and authentic.” I say: its chain is interrupted.

Al-Bukhārī further said: “ʿAbdullāh ibn Muḥammad narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Razzaq narrated to us; Maʿmar informed us, from al-Zuhrī, from Abū Salamah and Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib, from Abū Hurayrah, who said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘The merit of congregational prayer over a person’s solitary prayer is twenty-five degrees, and the angels of the night and the angels of the day meet at the dawn prayer.’” Abū Hurayrah then said: “Recite, if you wish, ‘And recite the Qur’an at dawn, for the recitation of dawn is witnessed’ (Al-Isrāʾ 17:78).”

Al-Bukhārī also said: “Musaddad narrated to us; Abū ʿAwānah narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from Abū Ḥāzim, from Abū Hurayrah…”