I say: It is corroborated by the hadith of Umm Salamah, attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, with the wording: “... his face turned red.” Abū al-Shaykh narrated it (p. 69) through Jaʿfar ibn Ziyād: Jāmiʿ ibn Abī Rāshid—Jaʿfar said, “I believe it was he”—informed us from Mundhir al-Thawrī, from her. I say: The narrators in this chain have been deemed trustworthy, except that it is interrupted between Mundhir and Umm Salamah. Al-Haythamī said: “Al-Ṭabarānī narrated it, and its chain contains Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAmr al-Bajalī, whom Ibn Ḥibbān and others declared trustworthy, whereas al-Dāraquṭnī and others deemed him weak; the rest of its narrators are among those of the Ṣaḥīḥ.”

I say: Abū al-Shaykh’s chain is free of al-Bajalī, so I do not know whether al-Ṭabarānī’s chain is free of interruption. Al-Haythamī’s silence regarding this does not mean that it is free of it.

Also corroborating it is the hadith of Jābir, may Allah be pleased with him, attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: “Whenever he mentioned the Hour, his cheeks would turn red, his voice would rise, and his anger would intensify ...” Aḥmad narrated it (3/310–311, 338, 371). Its chain is authentic according to Muslim’s conditions. Muslim also narrated it in his Ṣaḥīḥ (3/11), but did not cite its wording.

And the hadith of Zayd ibn Khālid: “The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was asked about a stray camel; he became angry, his cheeks turned red, and he said: ...” The hadith was narrated by Aḥmad (4/116), al-Bukhārī and Muslim, and others.