The Proximity of the Hour

Another Chain of Transmission

Ahmad said: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from Abu al-Tayyah: I heard Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrating that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

"I and the Hour have been sent like these two."

And he spread out his two fingers: the index finger and the middle finger.

They both (al-Bukhari and Muslim) recorded it in the two Sahihs from the hadith of Shu'bah, from Abu al-Tayyah Yazid ibn Humayd; and Muslim added: and Hamzah al-Dabbi, from Anas, with the same narration.

Another Chain of Transmission

Ahmad said: Yazid narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (ﷺ) that he said:

"I and the Hour have been sent like these two."

And he gestured with the middle finger and the index finger.

It was recorded by al-Bukhari, Muslim, and al-Tirmidhi from the hadith of Shu'bah with it.

In a narration recorded by Muslim, from Shu'bah, from both Qatadah and Abu al-Tayyah, both of them from Anas with it; and al-Tirmidhi said: 'It is Hasan Sahih (good and authentic).'

Muslim said in his Sahih: Abu Ghassan Malik ibn 'Abd al-Wahid narrated to us, Mu'tamir ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from his father, from Ma'bad ibn Bilal al-'Uzzi, from Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "I and the Hour have been sent like these two."

Muslim alone recorded it through this chain.