(1) The phrase “peace be upon him” is an addition in (A) and (B). (2) The hadith is narrated from Abū Hurayra—may Allah be pleased with him—in *Sunan al-Tirmidhī*, 5/123–124 (Book of Exegesis, its final chapter). It begins: “When Allah created Adam and breathed the spirit into him, he sneezed and said, ‘Praise be to Allah,’ thus praising Allah by His permission…” The hadith also states: “He said, ‘My Lord, who is this?’ He replied, ‘This is your son David. I have decreed for him a lifespan of forty years.’ He said, ‘My Lord, increase his lifespan.’ He replied, ‘That is what has been decreed for him.’ He said, ‘My Lord, I have therefore given him sixty years of my own lifespan.’ He replied, ‘You may do so.’ He said, ‘Then dwell in Paradise for as long as Allah wills, and afterward descend from it.’ Adam then kept count of his years. The Angel of Death came to him, and Adam said, ‘You have come too soon; a thousand years were decreed for me.’ He replied, ‘Yes, but you gave sixty years to your son David.’ Adam denied it, and his descendants likewise denied; he forgot, and his descendants likewise forgot. He said, ‘From that day onward, written records and witnesses were prescribed.’” Al-Tirmidhī states: “This is a *hasan gharīb* hadith through this route. It has also been narrated through more than one route from Abū Hurayra, from the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace.” In his *takhrīj* of al-Tibrīzī’s *Mishkāt al-Masābīh*, 2/543, al-Albānī states: “Al-Hākim graded it authentic, and al-Dhahabī concurred; it is as they said.” Another hadith with the same meaning, narrated from Ibn Abbās—may Allah be pleased with them both—appears in three places in *al-[Mu]snad* (al-Maārif ed.): 4/71–72, 4/252, and 5/174–175. Ibn Kathīr cites this hadith and comments on it in his exegesis of the debt verse (al-Baqara 2:282). Al-Suyūtī also cites it in *al-Durr al-Manthūr*, 1/370.