26- Ṭahir ibn Muhammad al-Maqdisi (1) informed us; Abu al-Hasan Makki ibn Mansur narrated; Abu Bakr al-Jarshi (2) reported; Abu al-ʿAbbas al-Asamm said (3): al-Shafiʿi (4) related; Ibrahim ibn Muhammad transmitted, saying (5): Musa ibn ʿUbaydah reported: Abu al-Azhar Muʿawiyah ibn Ishaq ibn Talhah narrated to me, from ʿUbayd Allah (6) ibn ʿUmayr, that he heard Anas ibn Malik say:
“Gabriel ﷺ came to the Prophet ﷺ carrying a white mirror in which there was a single spot. The Prophet ﷺ asked, ‘What is this?’ He replied, ‘This is Friday. You and your community have been favored with it; the rest of mankind—the Jews and the Christians—will follow your lead regarding it. There is goodness for you in it, and within it is an hour during which no believing servant calls upon Allah for any good but that he is answered. With us it is known as the Day of Increase.’
The Prophet ﷺ asked, ‘O Gabriel, what is the Day of Increase?’ He said, ‘Indeed your Lord—”