It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that some Jews came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him about the creation of the heavens and the earth. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty created the earth on Sunday and Monday. On Tuesday He created the mountains and the benefits (useful things) they contain. On Wednesday He created the trees, water, cities, inhabited lands and wastelands. These make four days. So Allah Almighty said: 'Say: Do you indeed disbelieve in the One who created the earth in two days and set up equals to Him? That is the Lord of the worlds. And He placed on it firm mountains above it,' up to His saying: 'in four days, equal for those who ask' [Surah Fussilat: 9-10] . On Thursday He created the heaven, and on Friday He created the stars, the sun, the moon and the angels, until three hours of that (day) remained. In the first of these three hours He appointed the terms of life, when whoever dies will die. In the second hour He cast affliction (decay) upon everything from which people benefit. And in the third hour He created Adam (peace be upon him), settled him in Paradise, commanded Iblis to prostrate to him, and then expelled him from it in the last hour." Then the Jews said: "O Muhammad, then what happened?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then He rose over the Throne." The Jews said: "You would have been right had you completed it: then He rested." The narrator says: At this (insolent remark) the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) became intensely angry, and this verse was revealed: "And We certainly created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them in six days, and no weariness touched Us. So be patient over what they say" [Surah Qaf: 38-39] . The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Adam (peace be upon him) was a man of tall stature, with thick hair on his head, as though he were a hollow palm tree." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday. On it Adam (peace be upon him) was created, and on it he was sent down to the earth." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, and the two of them (Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim) recorded it through the hadith of al-Zuhri with wording other than this.