in al-Tamhid (10/172), through the route of Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah, from al-Zuhri, from ‘Urwah, from Kurz ibn ‘Alqamah al-Khuza‘i, who said:

A man said, “O Messenger of Allah, does Islam have an endpoint?” He said … and then related it.

Ma‘mar also narrated it from al-Zuhri.

‘Abd al-Razzaq transmitted it (11/362/20747), and through his route Ahmad transmitted it; likewise al-Tabarani (no. 442), as did al-Hakim (4/454). All of them narrated it from ‘Abd al-Razzaq, from Ma‘mar, with the same chain. Al-Hakim said, “Its chain of transmission is authentic,” and al-Dhahabi agreed with him.

‘Abd Allah—meaning Ibn al-Mubarak—also corroborated Ma‘mar in narrating it from al-Zuhri.

Al-Hakim transmitted it (1/34), and reported from al-Daraqutni that the two Shaykhs were required to include it, because its transmission from Kurz is authentic, even though no one besides ‘Urwah narrated from him. Consult it if you wish.

Al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani then transmitted it through another route from al-Zuhri, with the same chain.

‘Abd al-Wahid ibn Qays corroborated al-Zuhri. He said: ‘Urwah ibn al-Zubayr narrated it to us, adding:

“And the best of people on that day will be a believer living in seclusion in one of the mountain passes, fearing his Lord, Mighty and Majestic, and sparing people from his harm.”

Ibn Hibban transmitted it (1870—Mawarid), as did Ahmad, al-Bazzar (3355), and Ibn ‘Asakir in Tarikh Dimashq (10/574).

I say: Its narrators are trustworthy, except for ‘Abd al-Wahid ibn Qays, concerning whom there is disagreement. Al-Hafiz said in al-Taqrib: