How to reconcile the verse that specifies the creation of the heavens in six days with the hadith in "Sahih Muslim" which states

The Shaykh : The questioner asks: How do we reconcile the verse that specifies the creation of the heavens and the earth in six days, which is well known, with the hadith in "Sahih Muslim" which says that their creation was completed in seven days?
This question is incorrect; because the hadith to which our questioner refers does not state that Allah created the heavens and the earth in seven days. If the hadith were like that, the question would be valid: how to reconcile the verse that says the heavens and the earth were created in six days with the hadith that says the heavens and the earth were created in seven days? The truth is that the hadith contains nothing of that. The hadith speaks of the changes and transformations that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) carried out in the earth by His power and wisdom after He created it and developed in it whatever development He willed. The hadith speaks of the earth and the development that took place in it. Therefore, the heavens are not mentioned in the hadith, nor is it stated that the heavens and the earth were created in seven days, contrary to the noble verse.
Listen to the hadith narrated by Muslim: the soil, meaning the earth . And where are the heavens? The heavens are not mentioned in the hadith at all. Rather, as you heard, it mentions what Allah (Mighty and Majestic) carried out in this earth in terms of development: the soil was created on Saturday, the mountains, and so on. Thus, the hadith addresses something the verse does not address, and the verse addresses something the hadith does not address. So, when you combine the verse with the hadith, you arrive at a complete result with no contradiction or disorder.
And my wonder never ceases that this misconception in which the questioner fell is an old misconception, and a very old one, that led many of the great scholars of hadith to criticize this hadith, not from the perspective of its chain of narration, but from the perspective of its text. They assumed that it contradicts the verse, whereas, as you heard, there is nothing in this hadith that contradicts the verse at all. So I do not know how such a misconception crept into their minds, and they declared the hadith defective, saying: "This is from the Isra'iliyyat that Ka'b used to narrate, and some of the narrators received it from him, and then some of them erred and elevated it to Abu Hurayrah to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)!" This is one of the most amazing explanations I have read in the books of hadith. And more amazing than this amazement is that the leader of the believers in hadith, the Imam al-Bukhari, is among those who criticized this hadith with that incorrect logic. He is the one who declared the hadith defective as you heard, and those whom Allah willed followed him in that, foremost among them being Ibn Taymiyyah and our Imam al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir. He cited this hadith and reported the criticism of it by al-Bukhari and others, and he passed over it as the noble ones do. They all did not realize that the hadith addresses something the verse does not address, and it is not contrary to the verse at all. In addition, the men in the chain of narration of the hadith are all trustworthy, and there was not a single man among them who had any weakness in his memory, even a little, that would provide a way to declare the hadith defective from the perspective of its chain of narration. But the amazing thing is that every narrator among those narrators is agreed upon to be trustworthy and approved. And for that reason, Imam Muslim included it in his "Sahih." Here appears one aspect of the difference of opinion between the two Imams, and that they are human, so this one errs at one time, while that one hits the mark, and vice versa; that one errs and this one hits the mark at another time, and so on.
In summary: This hadith is authentic, without doubt or doubt, and it does not contradict the verse referred to, neither from afar nor from near.