- Al-Zuhri narrated it from Humayd ibn Abd al-Rahman, from Abu Hurayrah.
It was recorded by al-Bukhari (3481), Muslim (8/97–98), al-Nasa'i (1/294), Ibn Majah (4255), Abd al-Razzaq in al-Musannaf (The Compendium) (11/283/20548), Ahmad (2/269), and Ibn Sa'id in Zawa'id al-Zuhd (Supplementary Reports on Asceticism) (372/1056).
As for the Companions:
1 and 2. Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “I heard him, peace and blessings be upon him, say…” and he mentioned something similar. Uqbah ibn Amr said: “I too heard him say that,” and he had been a grave robber.
It was recorded by al-Bukhari (3452), Ahmad (5/395), al-Bayhaqi in al-Shu'ab (The Branches) (5/430/7160), and al-Tabarani (17/231–235).
Al-Nasa'i and Ibn Hibban (2/22/650) also narrated it from Hudhayfah alone, and it is a version recorded by al-Bukhari (6480).
- Abu Sa'id al-Khudri narrated from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that he mentioned a man from among those who came before… The hadith is similar, and includes: “And if Allah has power over him, He will punish him.”
It also includes: “He took their solemn pledges concerning that.”
It was recorded by al-Bukhari (6481 and 7508), Muslim, Ibn Hibban (649), Ahmad (3/69–70 and 77–78), Ibn Abd al-Barr (11/39), and al-Tabarani (6/306).