It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), and the narrator thinks that he narrated it as a saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Since Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, created the son of Adam, he has not faced anything harder for him than death." Then he said: "Indeed death is easier than what (stage) comes after it; and the people will certainly meet such hardship from the terror of that Day (of Resurrection) that sweat will reach them like a bridle (up to their mouths), so much so that if ships were set to sail in it, they would sail."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) except his son Sukayn (may Allah have mercy on him)."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الألف / 1976
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده جيد
Hadith Takhrij«قال الهيثمي: إسناده جيد «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 10، ص 334»» «أخرجه أحمد فى «مسنده» برقم: 12761»