He traced it back to the Prophet ﷺ, who said, "The lowest of the people of Paradise in rank is the one who looks upon his gardens, his bliss, his servants, and his couches from a distance of a thousand years' journey. The most honored of them before Allah is the one who beholds His face morning and evening."Then he recited this verse, "Faces, that Day, will be radiant, looking at their Lord" [Qiyamah 75:22–23].
حدثنا حسين بن محمد حدثنا إسرائيل عن ثوير
رفعه إلى النبي ﷺ قال إن أدنى أهل الجنة منزلة الذي ينظر إلى جنانه ونعيمه وخدمه وسرره من مسيرة ألف سنة وإن أكرمهم على الله من ينظر إلى وجهه غدوة وعشية ثم تلا هذه الآية {وجوه يومئذ ناضرة إلى ربها ناظرة}
Its isnad is extremely daif, due to the weakness of Thuwayr bin Abu Fakhita. It has already appeared in abridged form from Abu Muawiya, from Abdul-Malik bin Abjar, from Thuwayr, at 4623, where we noted that it is abridged in Majma al-Zawaid 1:407, though that page number is a printing error and the correct one is (1:401). This is not among the additions, for Tirmidhi related it at 3:324 and 4:209 from Abd bin Humayd, from Shababa bin Sawwar, from Israil, from Thuwayr, "I heard Ibn Umar," as a raised report, similarly to Ahmad's version in this place.Tirmidhi said in the first place, "This hadith has been related through more than one route from Israil, from Thuwayr, from Ibn Umar, as a raised report. Abdul-Malik bin Abjar related it from Thuwayr, from Ibn Umar, as a stopped report. Ubaydullah Ashjai related it from Sufyan, from Thuwayr, from Mujahid, from Ibn Umar, as his own statement." He said something similar in the second place, adding, "We do not know of anyone who mentioned in it 'from Mujahid' besides Thawri."Tirmidhi's statement that Abdul-Malik bin Abjar related it as a stopped report is contradicted by the fact that in the earlier narration in the Musnad it is raised. It appears that this raised narration did not reach Tirmidhi.The hadith is found in Durr Manthur 6:290, where it is also attributed to Ibn Abu Shayba, Abd bin Humayd, Ibn Jareer, Ibn Munzir, Ajurri in Shariah, Daraqutni in Ruyah, Hakim, Ibn Mardawayh, Lalikai in Sunnah, and Bayhaqi, but it fails to attribute it to the Musnad. Ibn Kathir quoted it in his tafsir 9:63 from the Musnad at 4623.It is also found in Mustadrak 3:509–510, through the route of Ibn Abjar, as a raised report, after which he said, "Israil bin Yunus followed him, from Thuwayr, from Ibn Umar," and he mentioned it as a raised report. Then he said, "This is a hadith that clarifies the refutation of the innovators. As for Thuwayr bin Abu Fakhita, even though the two of them (Bukhari and Muslim) did not include him, he was faulted for nothing but his Shia leanings." Dhahabi followed up on this and said, "Rather, his hadith is feeble." The truth is what Dhahabi said, and refuting the innovators was never something that required relying on such a feeble isnad.