His light. Whoever is touched by that light is guided thereby, and whoever misses it goes astray.”

Al-Ajurri recorded it in The Shari'ah (p. 175), saying: Al-Firyabi informed us; Abd al-Rahman ibn Ibrahim al-Dimashqi narrated to us; al-Walid ibn Muslim narrated to us; al-Awzaʿi narrated to us; Rabiʿah ibn Yazid narrated to us from Abd Allah al-Daylami, from Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn al-As, who related it as a hadith attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. He added at its end: “Abd Allah ibn Amr said: That is why I say: the Pen has dried concerning what will come to pass.”

Ibn al-Mubarak corroborated him in narrating it from al-Awzaʿi. Ibn Hibban recorded it (1812). Muʿawiyah ibn Salih also corroborated him therein, narrating it from Rabiʿah ibn Yazid. Abu Ishaq al-Fazari likewise corroborated him. Al-Hakim recorded it (1/30) and said: “Authentic.” Al-Dhahabi agreed with him.

I say: Its chain of transmission is authentic; all its narrators are trustworthy. Al-Ajurri, al-Tirmidhi (2/107), and Ahmad (2/176 and 197) also recorded it through other chains from Ibn al-Daylami.

1077 — “Indeed, Allah created Adam in His image, and his height was sixty cubits.”

Ahmad recorded it (2/323): Abu Amir narrated to us; al-Mughirah ibn Abd al-Rahman narrated to us from Abu al-Zinad, from Musa ibn Abi Uthman, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. This is a weak chain of transmission because of Musa ibn Abi Uthman and his father, for both are counted among the unknown narrators. Al-Taqrib states that they are acceptable—that is, if corroborated. Yet they are not alone in narrating this hadith: Hammam ibn Munabbih narrated it from Abu Hurayrah in a more complete wording, which has already appeared under no. 450. Usamah ibn Zayd also narrated it from Saʿid al-Maqburi, from Abu Hurayrah, attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, but with only the first part.