Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2454

جامع الترمذي#2454Sahih

Abdullah bin Mas'ud narrated "The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) drew a square line (on the ground) forus, and in the middle of the (square) line he drew another line, and he drew another line going out of the (square) line.Around the one that was in the middle, he drew (various) lines. Then he said:'This is the son of Adam, and this is his life-span encircling him, and this one in the middle in the person, and these lines are his obstacles, if he escapes this one, this one ensnares him, and the line extending outside is his hope

Scholarly Authentication

We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:

Ahmad Muhammad ShakirSahih
Al-AlbaniSahih
Bashar Awad MaaroufSahih
Zubair Ali ZaiSahih Bukhari

In-book reference: 37:40