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60 the matter with ʿÁyesha, that she says the full prayers?" He replied, "She interprets it as ʿUthmán does."'—Muslim, Al Bukhárí.

It is related from Abú Hurairah that, 'The Apostle of God said, "We the last (in time) will be the first on the day of resurrection although they (the Jews and Christians) were given the Book before us, and it was given to us after them. Then they changed this day of theirs, the observance of which was made obligatory for them, namely Friday, and God guided us to it, and the people follow us in this matter. The Jews observe the morrow, and the Christians the day after the morrow."' And in a tradition from Muslim it runs, 'He said, "We, the last, will be the first on the day of resurrection, and we will be the first who will enter heaven."'

It is related from Abú Hurairah that he said, 'I went out to Mount Tur and I met Kaʿb, a learned man of the Jews, and I sat down with him, and he spoke to me about the Taurát, and I told him about the Apostle of God. And it came to pass that when I spoke to him I said, "The Apostle of God said that the best day on which the sun rose was Friday, because on that day Adam was created, and on it he was cast down (out of paradise), and on it he repented, and on it he died, and on it will take place the resurrection, And there is no moving creature, except the genii and men, that does not await Friday from the time it dawns till the sun rises out of fear of the resurrection. And on that day there is an hour in which no servant, being a Muslim, prays and asks God for anything but God gives it to him." Kaʿb replied, "That takes place on one day in every year." I said, "Rather it comes on every Friday." Then Kaʿb read the Taurát and said, "The Apostle of God spoke truly." Abú Hurairah said, 'I met ʿAbduʾlláh bin Salám, and I spoke to him of my sitting with Kaʿb, the learned man of the Jews, and of what I had said to him concerning Friday; and I informed him that Kaʿb said, "That takes place on one day in every year." ʿAbduʾllah bin Salám replied, "Kaʿb lied." I said to him, "After that Kaʿb read the Taurát and said, 'Rather it comes on every Friday.'" Then ʿAbduʾlláh bin Salám said, "Kaʿb spoke the truth."