This was mentioned by al-Bayhaqī in "Sunan" (2/90). If it is said: There is evidence supporting the ḥadīth's inclusion of hastening, and it explicitly contradicts the ḥadīth of Ibn al-Zubayr, namely the ḥadīth of Abū Hurayrah in a marfūʿ form: "When one of you comes to prayer, let him not bow before reaching his place in the row." We say: However, this ḥadīth is defective due to a subtle cause, and this is not the place to explain it, so refer to "Silsilat al-Aḥādīth al-Ḍaʿīfah" (no. 981).

"A punishment implemented on earth is better for the people of the earth than if they were to receive rain for forty mornings." It was recorded by Ibn Mājah (2/111): ʿAmr ibn Rāfiʿ narrated to us, ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak narrated to us, ʿĪsá ibn Yazīd—I think—from Jarīr ibn Yazīd from Abū Zurʿah ibn ʿAmr ibn Jarīr from Abū Hurayrah who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said it, and he mentioned it. It was also recorded by al-Nasāʾī (2/257) and Aḥmad (2/402), as well as Ibn al-Jārūd in "al-Muntaqá" (801) and Abū Yaʿlá in "Musnad" (287/1) through various chains from Ibn al-Mubārak with it. However, they said: "thirty" instead of "forty." Imām Aḥmad reconciled between them with doubt in a narration from the path of Zakarīyā ibn ʿAdī, Ibn al-Mubārak narrated it, and he said: "thirty or forty mornings."