Sayyiduna Wahb Suwai reports, he says: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: My sending and the Hour are so closely connected as this finger is with the other finger. Indeed, it was near that the Hour would have been established before my sending. Then Imam A’mash joined his index finger and middle finger together and gestured.
Hadith Takhrij«حديث صحيح لغيره دون قوله ان كادت لتسبقھا وھذا اسناد اختلف فيه علي الاعمش، أخرجه الطبراني في الكبير : 22/ 346 ، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة: 18770 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 18977»