ʿAwānah, Sallām ibn Miskīn, and others.”

I say: This is an authentic chain according to Muslim’s criteria. Al-Haythamī (3/122), after citing it in its entirety, said:

“Ahmad narrated it, and its narrators are those of the Ṣaḥīḥ collections.”

Yet he overlooked this point and cited it elsewhere (10/255), omitting the words, “and the sun never sets ...” and so forth. He said:

“Ahmad and al-Ṭabarānī in al-Kabīr narrated it, and [al-Ṭabarānī] added, ‘and the sun never sets ...’ and so forth. Al-Ṭabarānī narrated it in al-Awsaṭ, except that he said: ‘O Allah, grant the one who spends a replacement, and grant the one who withholds loss.’ The narrators of Ahmad, and of some of al-Ṭabarānī’s chains in al-Kabīr, are narrators of the Ṣaḥīḥ collections.”

I say: I described this as an oversight because the additional wording that he attributed to al-Ṭabarānī in al-Kabīr is also found in Ahmad, as you have seen.

Al-Mundhirī cited the second half of the hadith in al-Targhīb (2/39) and said:

“Ahmad, Ibn Ḥibbān in his Ṣaḥīḥ, and al-Ḥākim narrated it in similar wording, and he said, ‘Its chain of transmission is authentic.’ Al-Bayhaqī also narrated it through his route; and in one of its versions the wording is ...”

I say: He then cited it in full, with an addition at its end:

“Allah revealed Quran concerning this, with respect to the two angels’ words, ‘O people, come to your Lord,’ in Sūrat Yūnus: ‘Allah calls to the Home of Peace and guides whomever He wills to a straight path.’ And concerning their words, ‘O Allah, grant the one who spends a replacement, and grant the one who withholds loss,’ He revealed: ‘By the night as it enshrouds, and by the day as it shines forth, and by Him who created male and female,’ up to His words: ‘We shall ease him toward ease.’”