2086 - 'Amr ibn 'Ali informed us, saying: Yahya narrated to us, from al-Walid ibn Jumay', saying: Abu al-Tufayl narrated to us, from Hudhayfah ibn Usayd, from Abu Dharr, who said: Indeed, the Truthful One, the Believed One, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, told me: "The people will be gathered in three groups: a group riding, well-fed, and well-clothed; a group that the angels drag upon their faces, and the Fire drives them; and a group walking and hastening. Allah will cast blight upon the riding beasts so that none remain, until a man who owns a garden would offer it in exchange for a beast with a saddle, and would not be able to obtain it."(1)

119 - Chapter: Mention of the First to Be Clothed

2087 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan informed us, saying: Waki', Wahb ibn Jarir, and Abu Dawud informed us, from Shu'bah, from al-Mughirah ibn al-Nu'man, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr
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= al-Sindi said: His statement, "The people will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection," its apparent meaning is the gathering of the Hereafter, but most scholars hold that it is a gathering in this world, and it is the last of the portents of the Hour. This is what suits what will come later regarding the midday rest, the overnight stay, and similar matters. Thus his statement, "on the Day of Resurrection," should be interpreted as meaning near the Day of Resurrection, or metaphorically as a time after the last of the signs of the Day of Resurrection, giving to that which is near to a thing the ruling of that thing.

(1) Authentic by virtue of others. This chain's narrators are trustworthy, except al-Walid ibn Jumay', who is truthful, but there is disagreement regarding its chain to Abu al-Tufayl — who is 'Amir ibn Wathilah — as will come later. Yahya: he is Ibn Sa'id al-Qattan. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (2224).
Ahmad (21456) also narrated it from Yazid ibn Harun, from al-Walid ibn Jumay', with this chain.
Abu Hatim also narrated it — as in his son's "al-'Ilal" (2137) — via al-'Ala' ibn Abi al-'Abbas, from Abu al-Tufayl, from Hallam ibn Jazl, from Abu Dharr, with it. He said: The hadith of Hallam is more likely correct. And he said in another place in "al-'Ilal" (2162): It is the correct one. This Hallam is unknown.
On this topic, there is also a hadith from Abu Hurayrah in Ahmad (8647), and from Mu'awiyah ibn Haydah in Ahmad (20031).
al-Sindi said: His statement, "and hastening" (yas'awn) is from sa'y, meaning: they run upon the earth due to the intensity of walking.
"The blight" (al-afah) means: the blight of death. "In exchange for a beast with a saddle" (bi-dhati al-qatab) means: in exchange for a she-camel. This does not suit the Hereafter. Al-qatab for the camel is like the pack-saddle for other animals.