Its chain is also authentic as a mursal report.

The hadith was narrated by al-Bukhari (4/119, Istanbul), Muslim (1/92 and 7/98), Ibn Majah (2/490–491), Ahmad (2/326), and Ibn Jarir, through Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman and Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib, from Abu Hurayrah, with similar wording. They added at its beginning:

“We are more entitled to doubt than Abraham, when he said: ‘My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead.’ He said, ‘Do you not believe?’ He said, ‘Indeed I do, but so that my heart may be at ease.’”

Muslim also narrated it through al-A'raj, from Abu Hurayrah, with the wording: “May Allah forgive Lot; indeed, he sought refuge in a mighty support.” Ahmad likewise narrated it (2/350) through another chain from Abu Hurayrah, except that he said: “May Allah have mercy ...”

Ibn Jarir also narrated it (12/139) through Ibn Ishaq, from a man, from Abu al-Zinad, with the wording: “May Allah have mercy on Joseph; he was indeed patient. Had I been the prisoner and a messenger then been sent to me, I would have come out quickly. He was truly forbearing and patient.” This chain is evidently weak. The hadith has also been narrated from Ibn Abbas with similar wording, and will appear under no. 1945.

1868 — “During Ramadan, the gates of heaven are opened—in another version, the gates of Paradise—and the gates of the Fire are closed. Every rebellious devil is fettered, and a caller—in another version, an angel—calls out every night: ‘O seeker of good, come forth; O seeker of evil, desist.’”