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Dhahabi mentioned it in Al-Uluw (25) from the manuscript of Hammam bin Munabbih, where it appears as (50), but without the phrase "so he ascended to his Lord ." Instead, it reads, "so the angel returned to Allah ." The basis of this hadith appears in the Sahihayn and elsewhere, both as a raised narration and as a stopped one.As for the raised narration, Muslim related it (2373:158) via Abdul-Razzaq, who said, Maamar narrated to us, from Hammam bin Munabbih, who said, this is what Abu Hurairah narrated to us from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He then mentioned several hadiths, among them, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said (and he mentioned the hadith), which contains, "so the angel returned to Allah, exalted is He." The complete hadith will come later in the virtues of Musa .As for the stopped narration, it is likewise what Abdul-Razzaq related, from Maamar, from Ibn Tawus, from his father, from Abu Hurairah, who said, "The angel of death was sent" and mentioned the hadith, without raising it to the Prophet ﷺ. Bukhari related it in the Book of Funerals (1339) and in the Book of Hadiths of the Prophets (3407), and Muslim (2373), both via Abdul-Razzaq, and it contains, "so the angel returned to his Lord." Bukhari pointed to the narration of Hammam bin Munabbih. Imam Ahmad also related it via Abdul-Razzaq (7646).The hadith appears in Al-Musannaf (20530) from Maamar, from Ibn Tawus, from his father, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ, in this manner, as a raised narration. This is due to differences among the narrations transmitted from Abdul-Razzaq. The hadith has other routes besides the examples I have mentioned, and some of these routes will be mentioned later in the virtues of Musa .