a singular hadith through this route. This Yazīd was a trustworthy Syrian narrator.” Thus, in the hadith it appears as “Saʿīd ibn Yazīd,” whereas in the statement it appears as “Yazīd ibn Saʿīd.” I obtained this hadith through Yaḥyā ibn Ṣāliḥ with a higher chain than this one, and there he was named Yazīd ibn Saʿīd.”

He then cited it through Abū Nuʿaym, from al-Ṭabarānī, who said: Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Najdah informed us; Yaḥyā ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Wuḥāẓī informed us with it. He then cited it through other routes from Yaḥyā with the same wording.

I say: Regarding Yazīd ibn Saʿīd, Ibn Ḥibbān said in The Trustworthy Narrators: “He would sometimes err.” Ibn Abī Ḥātim mentioned him (4/2/267) through the reports of a group of trustworthy narrators from him, but did not mention any criticism or endorsement of him. Ibn Shāhīn also declared him trustworthy, as noted above. All the remaining narrators are trustworthy men of the two Ṣaḥīḥs; therefore, the chain is authentic.

Muslim (8/104), Aḥmad (4/391, 402, 407, 408, and 410), Abū al-Qāsim al-Aṣamm in A Section of Hadiths from His Teachers (no. 58 in the office manuscript), and Abū Nuʿaym in Accounts of Isfahan (2/80) also recorded it through routes from Abū Mūsā, with similar wording but without mention of the angel’s being sent. Abū Nuʿaym added: “Abū Usāmah—one of its narrators—said: ‘This is better for the believers than the world and all that it contains; its chain is so clear that it is as though you can see it.’”

The hadith has a corroborating report narrated by Jabbārah ibn Mughlis: Kathīr ibn Sulaym narrated to us from Anas ibn Mālik, attributing it to the Prophet with the same wording. He added at its beginning: “This Ummah has been shown mercy; its punishment is at its own hands. Then, when the Day of Resurrection comes …” the hadith. Ibn Mājah recorded it (4292). Its chain is weak, but it is acceptable as supporting evidence. This addition has previously occurred through another route from Abū Mūsā, attributed to the Prophet with similar wording, no. 957.

1382 — “When the Day of Resurrection comes, the sun will be brought near to the people, until it is at a distance of one or two miles. The sun will melt them, and they will be immersed in sweat according to their deeds: for some, it will reach their ankles, and for others …”