Abd al-Samad narrated this hadith to us through Hisham, Qatadah and al-Hasan al-Basri. The Imam of Imams, Muhammad bin Yahya al-Dhuhli (may Allah have mercy on him), has given his judgment on it, while Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim (may Allah have mercy on them both) did not mention any narration in this chapter. It has also been said that al-Hasan al-Basri did not hear from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him). Imam al-Hakim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: In my view, al-Hasan al-Basri's hearing from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) is established.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey, and the Companions had become spread out in their pace of travel. He (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his voice with these two verses: "O mankind, fear your Lord. Indeed, the convulsion of the Hour is a tremendous thing"; he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited up to "but the punishment of Allah is severe" [Surah al-Hajj: 1 - 2] . When the Companions heard this, they urged on their mounts and realised that he (peace and blessings be upon him) was about to say something (important). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you know what day that is?" They said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is the day when Adam (peace be upon him) will be called; his Lord will call him and say: O Adam! Bring out the contingent of Hell (those who are to enter Hell). He will say: O my Lord! How many is the contingent of Hell? Allah Almighty will say: From every thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine will go to the Fire and one to Paradise." Hearing this, the Companions became so despairing and grieved that not a trace of a smile remained on their faces. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw this state of his Companions, he said: "Keep doing good deeds and rejoice. By the One in whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! You are with two creations (Ya'juj and Ma'juj) which increase the number of whatever they are with, and those who perished among the children of Adam and the offspring of Iblis (because of them your proportion will be small)." Then the grief which the people were feeling was somewhat relieved. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do good deeds and receive glad tidings. By the One in whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! Among (other) people you are (in number) just like a mole on the side of a camel, or like a distinctive mark on the foreleg of an animal." Sa'id bin Abi Arubah has likewise narrated it from Qatadah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey. Then he mentioned a hadith similar to it. This hadith has also been narrated to us from Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), in the presence of his Companions, recited this verse: "O mankind, fear your Lord. Indeed, the convulsion of the Hour is a tremendous thing" [Surah al-Hajj: 1] to the end of the verse. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Do you know what day that will be?" They said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is the day when Allah Almighty will say to Adam (peace be upon him): Stand and bring out the contingent of the Fire - or he said: Send a contingent to the Fire. He will say: O my Lord, out of how many? Allah Almighty will say: Out of every thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine to the Fire and one to Paradise." This weighed very heavily on the people, and dejection and grief came over them. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I hope that you will be a quarter of the people of Paradise." Then he said: "I hope that you will be a third of the people of Paradise." Then he said: "I hope that you will be half of the people of Paradise." So they were glad. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Keep doing good deeds and receive glad tidings, for you are between two creations (Ya'juj and Ma'juj) who, whoever they are with, they make their number very great. And among (other) people - or among the nations - you are just like a mole on the side of a camel, or like a distinctive mark on the foreleg of a she-camel, and my Ummah is one part in a thousand (of all creation)." This hadith with this addition is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him); he (the narrator) said: We were sitting in the mosque on Friday, and he said: "The greatest of the days of this world is Friday. On it Adam (peace be upon him) was created, and on it the Hour will be established, and the most honoured of all Allah's creation is Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him)." The narrator said: I said: May Allah have mercy on you, then what is the standing of the angels? He looked at me, smiled and said: "O my nephew, do you know what the angels are? The angels are only a creation like the creation of the heaven, the earth, the winds, the clouds, the mountains and the rest of creation, who do not disobey Allah in anything. And the most honoured creation in the sight of Allah is Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him)." He further said: "Paradise is in the heaven and Hell is in the earth. When the Day of Resurrection comes, Allah Almighty will raise the creation nation by nation and prophet by prophet, until Ahmad (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Ummah are in the last position after all the nations." He said: "Then a bridge (the Sirat) will be placed over Hell, then a caller will call out: Where are Ahmad (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Ummah? So he (peace and blessings be upon him) will stand, and the righteous and the wicked of his Ummah will all follow him. They will step onto the bridge, and Allah Almighty will blind the eyes of his enemies, and they will fall into the Fire to the right and the left, while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the righteous who are with him will be saved. The angels will receive them, saying: Our Lord, we settle them in their abodes in Paradise, on Your right and on Your left, until he (peace and blessings be upon him) reaches his Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, and a chair will be placed for him on the right of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. Then the caller will call out: Where are Isa (peace be upon him) and his Ummah? So he will stand, and the righteous and the wicked of his Ummah will follow him. They will step onto the bridge, and Allah will blind the eyes of his enemies, and they will fall into the Fire to the right and the left, while the prophet (peace be upon him) and the righteous who are with him will be saved. The angels will meet them (and will say): Our Lord, we settle them in their abodes in Paradise, on Your right and on Your left, until he reaches his Lord, and a chair will be placed for him on the other side. Then in the same way the other prophets and their nations will follow them, until the last of them is Nuh (peace be upon him). May Allah Almighty have mercy on Nuh (peace be upon him)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. It is not mawquf (a Companion's own statement), because Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him), despite his precedence in knowledge of the ancient scriptures, is among the Companions, and he has attributed it with a chain mentioning the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in more than one place. And Allah knows best.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he recited this saying of Allah Almighty: "And the Day the heaven will split open with the clouds, and the angels will be sent down in a great descent" [Surah al-Furqan: 25] , and said: On that day the lowest heaven will split open with the clouds, and angels will descend from every heaven, their number far greater than all the jinn and humans on the earth. The people of the earth (seeing their awe) will ask: "Is our Lord among you?" They will answer: "No." Then the angels of the second heaven will descend, their number greater than the angels of the first heaven and all the people of the earth. They will ask: "Is our Lord among you?" They will answer: "No." Then the angels of the third heaven will descend, their number greater than the angels of the first two heavens and all the people of the earth. They will ask: "Is our Lord among you?" They will say: "No." Then the angels of the fourth heaven will descend, their number greater than the angels of all the previous heavens and the people of the earth. They will ask: "Is our Lord among you?" They will say: "No." Then the angels of the fifth heaven will descend, their number greater than the first four heavens and all the people of the earth. They will ask: "Is our Lord among you?" They will say: "No." Then the angels of the sixth heaven will descend, their number greater than the first five heavens and all the people of the earth. They will ask: "Is our Lord among you?" They will say: "No." Then the angels of the seventh heaven will descend, their number greater than all six heavens and all the people of the earth. They will ask: "Is our Lord among you?" They will say: "No." Then the Karubiyyun (the angels brought near) will descend, their number greater even than the angels of all seven heavens and the people of the earth, and then the angels who carry the Throne will descend, the joints of whose horns will be like the knots of spears (in strength). The distance between the feet of one of them will be immense: from the sole of his foot to his ankle is a journey of five hundred years, from the ankle to the knee a journey of five hundred years, from the knee to the tip of the nose a journey of five hundred years, and from his collarbone to the place of the earring a distance equal to a journey of five hundred years. All the narrators of this hadith are acceptable as proof except Ali bin Zayd bin Jud'an al-Qurashi. And although this report is mawquf on Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), it is extremely astonishing and strange.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty: "The Day the earth will be changed into another earth" [Surah Ibrahim: 48] ; he said: That earth will be white and pure like silver, on which blood will never have been shed and on which no sin will have been committed. The voice of the caller will be heard by all, and the sight will reach them all. People will be barefoot, naked and standing, then the sweat will bridle them (that is, reach up to their mouths).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning this saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "The Day the earth will be changed into another earth, and the heavens" that that earth will be white and pure, on which neither blood will have been shed nor any sin committed. The call of the caller will be heard by all, and the sight will encompass them all. People will be barefoot and naked as they were created, until the sweat bridles them. Both these chains are sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection the earth will be spread out for the majesty of the Most Merciful. Then no human being will have any place except where his feet are. Then I will be called first of all, and I will fall down in prostration. Then I will be given permission, so I will stand and say: O my Lord, this one - pointing to Jibril (peace be upon him), who will be on the right of the Most Merciful, and by Allah, Jibril will never have seen Him before that - informed me that You had sent him to me (as a Messenger)." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And Jibril will be silent, not speaking at all, until Allah Almighty says: He spoke the truth. Then I will be given permission to intercede, and I will say: O my Lord, these servants of Yours worshipped You in the far corners of the earth. So that is the 'Praiseworthy Station' (al-Maqam al-Mahmud)." This chain is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it, while Yunus bin Yazid and Ma'mar bin Rashid narrated it from al-Zuhri as mursal.

Ali bin Husayn (Imam Zayn al-Abidin) narrates from a man of knowledge (whose name he did not mention) that on the Day of Resurrection the earth will be spread out; then he mentioned the hadith in the same way.