Sulaiman bin Daud al-Atki al-Zahrani narrates from Hammad bin Zayd narrating from Ayoub al-Sakhtiyani narrating from Hisham bin Urwa narrating from Ibn Sirin narrating from Abu Hurairah.

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira and the words are: " When the time draws near," the rest of the hadith is the same.

حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ - حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، وَهِشَامٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ إِذَا اقْتَرَبَ الزَّمَانُ ‏.‏ وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏.‏