Imam Aḥmad said:

Al-Aswad ibn ʿĀmir related to us; Abū Bakr related to us, from Hishām, from Ibn Sīrīn, from Abū Hurayrah, who said:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Indeed the sun has never been held back for any human being except for Joshua on the nights when he was marching toward Jerusalem.” (1)

Aḥmad alone transmits this report through this chain, and it satisfies the criteria of al-Bukhārī. It proves that the conqueror of Jerusalem was Joshua son of Nun—peace be upon him—not Moses, and that the sun was arrested at the conquest of Jerusalem, not at Jericho as we mentioned earlier. It further shows that this was one of Joshua’s special distinctions, which, in turn, weakens the ḥadīth we cited about the sun’s returning so that ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib could pray the ʿAṣr prayer after it had passed because the Prophet ﷺ had been sleeping on his lap; ʿAlī then asked the Messenger of Allah to make it return until he could perform the prayer, whereupon it did so. (2) Aḥmad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Miṣrī declared that report sound, (3) but it is objectionable: it is found in none of the authentic or even the fair collections despite the strong motive for its transmission, and it is related solely by an unknown woman from the Prophet’s household whose status is not established. Allah knows best.

Imam Aḥmad also said:

ʿAbd al-Razzaq related to us; Muʿammar related to us, from Hammām, from Abū Hurayrah, who said:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

“A prophet from among the prophets went out on campaign and said to his people:
‘No man should follow me who has contracted marriage with a woman and wishes to consummate it yet has not done so; nor one who has built a house but has not raised its roof; nor one who has purchased sheep or pregnant she-camels and is waiting for them to give birth.’

“He advanced until he approached the town at the time of the ʿAṣr prayer, or shortly before it. He spoke to the sun, saying, ‘You are commanded and I am commanded. O Allah, hold it back for me a little.’ So it was held back for him until Allah granted him victory.

“Afterward they gathered the spoils they had taken. The fire came to consume them but refused. He said, ‘Among you is an act of misappropriation (ghulūl). Let one man from every tribe pledge allegiance to me.’ They did so, and one man’s hand stuck to his hand. He said, ‘Misappropriation is among you; let your tribe pledge allegiance to me.’ They pledged, and the hands of two—or three—others stuck to his hand. He said, ‘Misappropriation is among you; you have committed it.’ They then produced a piece of gold the size of a cow’s head. They placed it with the spoils, and the fire came and consumed it.

“Before us, the spoils of war were not lawful for anyone. Allah saw our weakness and incapacity, and therefore He made them lawful for us.”

Muslim alone records this version of the tradition. (6)(7)