I say: This is a chain that is adequate as corroborating evidence. Al-Rabiʿ was a trustworthy narrator of the generation that spanned the pre-Islamic and Islamic periods. Ibn Abi Hatim included Kurz ibn Wabrah (3/2/170), citing a group of trustworthy narrators who narrated from him, but mentioned no criticism or positive evaluation of him. Al-Sahmi gave him a very lengthy biographical notice (pp. 295–316), stating: “He was known for asceticism and worship.” Abu Taybah was named ʿAbd Allah ibn Muslim al-Sulami. Al-Hafiz said: “He was truthful, but prone to error.” As for Saʿd ibn Saʿid al-Jurjani, al-Bukhari said: “His hadith is not sound,” meaning a particular hadith other than this one. Ibn ʿAdi said: “He was a righteous man, but he narrated from al-Thawri reports in which no one corroborated him. He was overcome by the heedlessness of the righteous.”

The other report is from Anas, attributed to the Prophet with the same wording. Al-Tabarani narrated it in al-Awsat, as cited in Majmaʿ al-Zawaʾid, where it states (10/412): “It contains Muhammad ibn Musʿab al-Qarqasani, who is weak but not accused of lying.” Thus, taken together, the two chains render the hadith good, if Allah Most High wills.

954 — “Whoever fears travels by night, and whoever travels by night reaches his destination. Indeed, Allah’s merchandise is precious; indeed, Allah’s merchandise is Paradise. The Tremor has come, followed by the Second Blast; death has come with all that it entails.”