It also has another corroborating report from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mughaffal with the same wording.
Ibn al-Ḍuraysī recorded it in Aḥādīth Muslim ibn Ibrāhīm al-Farāhīdī (8/1–2) with a chain that is acceptable for use in corroborations and supporting narrations. Al-Ṭabarānī likewise transmitted it in both al-Kabīr and al-Awsat—each with transmitters who are the narrators of the Ṣaḥīḥ—and al-Bayhaqī related it as well, as cited in al-Targhīb (2/236).
Legal implications of the ḥadīth:
This noble narration, together with others of similar purport, establishes that remembering Allah—glorified and exalted is He—and likewise invoking blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ are obligatory in every gathering. The ḥadīth indicates this ruling from several angles:
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His statement, “If He wills, He will punish them, and if He wills, He will forgive them,” is uttered only about an act whose performance is obligatory and whose omission is sinful.
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His statement, “And even if they were to enter Paradise as a reward,” clearly implies that whoever neglects remembrance and blessings upon him ﷺ deserves to enter the Fire, even though his ultimate destiny to Paradise is a reward for his faith.
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His statement, “Otherwise, they rise as though they were standing over the carcass of a donkey,” constitutes a thorough denunciation of their action; and—Allah willing—such censure applies only to something that is plainly unlawful. Allah knows best.
Every Muslim must therefore take heed and not neglect the remembrance of Allah and the invocation of blessings upon His Prophet ﷺ in every session he attends; otherwise it will bring him loss and regret on the Day of Resurrection.
Al-Manāwī said in Fayḍ al-Qadīr: