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ahmad:18770 – Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > al-Aʿmash > Ibn Abū Khālid > Wahbal-Suwāʾī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I and the Hour were sent like this," pointing with his index and middle fingers. "And the Hour is almost upon us. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ also said once, "The Hour almost caught up to me."  

أحمد:١٨٧٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ وَهْبٍ السُّوَائِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بُعِثْتُ أَنَا وَالسَّاعَةُ كَهَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ وَإِنْ كَادَتْ لَتَسْبِقُهَا وَجَمَعَ الْأَعْمَشُ السَّبَّابَةَ وَالْوُسْطَى وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ مَرَّةً إِنْ كَادَتْ لَتَسْبِقُنِي  

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Collected by Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī

أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْوَالِبِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ

tabarani:18620 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > al-Aʿmash > Abū Khālid > Wahbal-Suwāʾī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I was sent and the Hour (Day of Judgment) is like this, from this (i.e., his fingers) that it was almost to precede me."  

الطبراني:١٨٦٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ وَهْبٍ السُّوَائِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «بُعِثْتُ أَنَا وَالسَّاعَةُ كَهَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ أَنْ كَادَتْ لَتَسْبِقَنِي»