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Muslim narrated it in the chapter on the Description of the Day of Resurrection (2788:25) from Saeed bin Mansur, who said, Yaqub (meaning Ibn Abdul-Rahman) narrated to us, Abu Hazim narrated to me, from Ubaydullah bin Miqsam, and he related it.In another narration, from Ibn Umar, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited this verse one day upon the pulpit, "They did not appraise Allah with true appraisal, while the earth entirely is within His grip on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens are folded in His right hand above what they associate with Him" [Zumar 39:67], and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was saying this with his fingers, moving them, glorifying the Lord Himself, "I am the Compeller, I am the Proud, I am the King, I am the Mighty, I am the Generous." Then the pulpit shook beneath the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until we said, "It will surely topple with him."Imam Ahmad narrated it (5414) from Affan, who said, Hammad bin Salama narrated to us, Ishaq bin Abdullah (meaning Ibn Abu Talha) informed us, from Ubaydullah bin Miqsam, from Ibn Umar, and he related it.Ibn Khuzayma narrated it through this same route in his book Tawhid (115), and from him Ibn Hibban in his Sahih (5/7327). His saying, "and he closes his fingers and opens them," refers to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.As for what was narrated from Umar bin Hamza, from Salim bin Abdullah, that Abdullah bin Umar informed me, as a raised hadith (marfu), containing the words, "Then He folds the earths with His left hand," Muslim narrated it (2788) from Abu Bakr bin Abu Shayba, who said, Abu Usama narrated to us, from Umar bin Hamza, and he related it. Bukhari mentioned it with a suspended chain (7413) from Umar bin Hamza, but did not report from his wording anything except his saying, "Allah grasps the earth." So the mention of the left hand is something reported by Umar bin Hamza alone.Bayhaqi said in Asma wa Sifat (706), "The mention of the left hand in it is something Umar bin Hamza reported alone, from Salim. This hadith was narrated by Nafi and Ubaydullah bin Miqsam, from Ibn Umar, and neither of them mentioned the left hand in it. It was also narrated by Abu Hurairah and others from the Prophet ﷺ, and none of them mentioned the left hand in it either. The mention of the left hand was reported in another hadith, outside this story, but it is extremely daif. One of the two reports was carried alone by Jafar bin Zubayr, and the other alone by Yazid Raqashi, and both of them are abandoned narrators. How could that be sahih, when it is sahih from the Prophet ﷺ that he called both of his hands right hands? It seems that whoever said that simply reported it in his own wording according to what occurred to him, or following the custom of the Arabs of mentioning the left hand in contrast to the right." End of quote.He then went on to mention the hadith of Abdullah bin Amr, which follows shortly after.