• (31) Chapter: Affirming His Descent to the Lowest Heaven

31 - Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Sayrafī informed us: Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Saffār narrated to us: Ibn Abī al-Dunyā narrated to us: al-Qāsim ibn Hishām narrated to us: Abū Mus-hir narrated to us: Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sammāʿah informed us: al-Awzāʿī informed us, saying: Yahyā ibn Abī Kathīr narrated to me: Hilāl ibn Abī Maymūnah narrated to me, saying: ʿAtāʾ ibn Yasār narrated to me, saying: Rifāʿah ibn ʿArābah al-Juhanī—may Allah be pleased with him—narrated to me, saying: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“When half the night has passed—or he said, two-thirds—Allah, Mighty and Majestic, descends to the lowest heaven and, until dawn breaks, says: ‘I ask no one else about My servants. Who will ask Me, that I may give to him? Who will call upon Me, that I may answer him? Who will seek My forgiveness, that I may forgive him?’”