He went on to relate that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “When a man calls his wife to his bed and she refuses, so he spends the night angry with her, the angels curse her until morning.” Shuʿbah, Abū Ḥamzah, Abū Dāwūd, and Abū Muʿāwiyah all transmitted the same report from al-Aʿmash.

In both Ṣaḥīḥs it is established that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “When the imam says āmeen, then say āmeen, for whoever’s āmeen coincides with that of the angels will have his past sins forgiven.”

Another wording states, “When the imam says ‘Āmīn,’ the angels in heaven also say ‘Āmīn’; whoever’s āmeen coincides with that of the angels will have his past sins forgiven.”

Al-Bukhārī narrates, through Ismāʿīl who related it from Mālik, from Sumayy, from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Abū Hurayrah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “When the imam says, ‘Allah hears the one who praises Him,’ say, ‘Our Lord, to You belongs all praise,’ for whoever’s words coincide with the words of the angels will have his past sins forgiven.” The same narration is found with the rest of the compilers, with the exception of Ibn Mājah, from the transmission of Mālik.

Imām Aḥmad recorded—through Abū Muʿāwiyah, from al-Aʿmash, from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Abū Hurayrah (or, al-Aʿmash was unsure, from Abū Saʿīd)—that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

“Indeed Allah has angels who roam the earth in addition to the angels who record people’s deeds. When they find gatherings in which Allah is being remembered, they call out, ‘Come to what you seek!’ and they surround those assemblies with their wings, rising with them to the lowest heaven. Thereupon Allah asks them, ‘What have you left My servants doing?’ They reply, ‘We left them praising You, glorifying You, and remembering You.’ He says, ‘Have they seen Me?’ They reply, ‘No.’ He says, ‘How would it be if they saw Me?’ They say, ‘If they were to see You, they would praise, glorify, and remember You all the more.’ He says, ‘What are they asking of Me?’ They reply, ‘They are asking You for Paradise.’ He says, ‘Have they seen it?’ They reply, ‘No.’ He says, ‘How would it be if they saw it?’ They say, ‘If they were to see it, they would be even more eager for it and strive for it with greater earnestness.’ He says, ‘From what are they seeking refuge?’ They reply, ‘From the Fire.’ He says, ‘Have they seen it?’ They reply, ‘No.’ He says, ‘How would it be if they saw it?’ They say, ‘If they were to see it, they would flee from it even more desperately and fear it even more intensely.’ Then He says, ‘I make you witnesses that I have forgiven them.’ The angels say, ‘Among them is so-and-so, a habitual sinner; he did not come for their sake—he merely came for some other need.’ Allah says, ‘They are a people by virtue of whom even their companion will not be wretched.’ ”

Al-Bukhārī likewise transmitted this narration through Qutaybah, from Jarīr ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd, from al-Aʿmash, and stated that Shuʿbah also narrated it.