and he was corroborated. Abu Dawud narrated it (2/611, Halabi edition): Musa ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us: Wuhayb narrated to us with it, except that he also said, “and to You is the resurrection,” in the evening supplication. Ibn Hibban also narrated it in his Sahih (2354) through ʿAbd al-Aʿla ibn Hammad: Wuhayb narrated to us with it, except that he said, “and to You is the final return, and to You is the resurrection,” combining them both in the morning supplication. Perhaps this was an error by one of the copyists.

Hammad—namely Ibn Salamah—also corroborated him: Suhayl informed me of it, but without the evening supplication, and he said, “and to You is the final return,” in place of “and to You is the resurrection.” Ahmad narrated it (2/354, 522).

Two others narrated it from Suhayl as a statement of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and as his instruction. It is the hadith that follows:

“When you enter the morning, say: ‘O Allah, by You we enter the morning, by You we enter the evening, by You we live, and by You we die (and to You is the resurrection).’ And when you enter the evening, say: ‘O Allah, by You we enter the evening, by You we enter the morning, by You we live, and by You we die; and to You is the final return.’”

263 — “When you enter the morning, say: ‘O Allah, by You we enter the morning, by You we enter the evening, by You we live, and by You we die (and to You is the resurrection).’ And when you enter the evening, say: ‘O Allah, by You we enter the evening, by You we enter the morning, by You we live, and by You we die; and to You is the final return.’”

Ibn Majah narrated it (2/440): Yaʿqub ibn Humayd ibn Kasib narrated to us: ʿAbd al-ʿAziz ibn Abi Hazim narrated to us, from Suhayl, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said it.

I say: This is a good chain of transmission. All its narrators are trustworthy and among Muslim’s narrators, apart from Yaʿqub ibn Humayd. Al-Hafiz said in al-Taqrib: “Truthful, though he sometimes erred.”