(282/579), Ahmad (2/374), Ibn Abi al-Dunya in Sifat al-Nar (folio 5/2), Abu Nuʿaym in al-Hilyah (8/182), al-Baghawi in Sharh al-Sunnah (15/244/4406) and al-Tafsir (5/374), and likewise Ibn Jarir in his Tafsir (17/100)—all of them narrated it from Ibn al-Mubarak, who said: Saʿid ibn Yazid informed us, from Abu al-Samh, from Ibn Hujayrah, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: ... and then cited it. Al-Tirmidhi said:

“A good, authentic, singular hadith. Ibn Hujayrah is ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Hujayrah al-Misri, while Saʿid ibn Yazid, known as Abu Shujaʿ, is Egyptian.”

Al-Mundhiri endorsed it in al-Targhib (4/234/2). Al-Hakim said:

“Its chain of transmission is authentic.”

Al-Dhahabi agreed with him!

In my view—and Allah knows best—it is good, owing to the well-known difference of opinion concerning Abu al-Samh, whose name was Darraj. I had formerly classed this hadith as weak, as I did his other reports; but Abu Dawud’s view became preponderant to me: namely, the distinction between what he narrates from Abu al-Haytham, which is weak, and what he narrates from Ibn Hujayrah, which is sound. As I have explained earlier, this report is among what he narrated from the latter. And Allah knows best. *

3471 — (Indeed, in Paradise there is a market which they visit every Friday; it contains heaps of musk. Then the north wind blows and scatters musk upon their faces and garments, and they increase in beauty and comeliness. They then return to their families having increased in beauty and comeliness, and their families say to them: “By Allah, you have certainly increased in beauty and comeliness since leaving us.” They reply: “And by Allah, you too have certainly increased in beauty and comeliness since we left you.”)

Muslim recorded it (8/145), as did Ibn Hibban (9/256–257/7382) and Ibn Abi