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Then I will say: O my Lord, give permission to me for he who says, Laailaha illallah (None has the right to be worshipped but Allah), He will say: By My Glory, by My Grandeur, and by My Magnificence, I will remove from it (from Hell) he who said, Laailaaha Ilallah (None has the right to be worshipped but Allah).”” (Bukhaaree) Muslim related the same through Hammaad Ibn Zaid. Ahmad related it through Hammaad Ibn Salamah from Thaabit from Anas from the Prophet . He mentioned the hadith in its entirety and mentioned, “Then I will praise my Lord with such praises that no one before me praised Him with, and no one after me will praise Him with. Then I will take out he who has in his heart (Eemaan) equal to weight of a grain of (barley).” Then he 2% returns and it is said, “The weight of a tiny ant (or atom),” and this narration doesn’t mention the Prophet #% going for the fourth time. Al-Bazzaar related it in the same manner from Anas #. Abu Ya’laa related the same. Both Al-Bazzaar and Abu Ya'laa related three intercessions. In the narration of Abu Ya‘laa, the Prophet ## said in the last of them, “Then I will say, ‘My Nation.’ It will be said, ‘For you is he who says, Laailagha illallah (None has the right to be worshipped but Allah), sincerely.”

In a narration related by Al-Bazzaar, Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah 2 said, “I will continue to intercede and intercede,” or he #g said, “My Lord ‘Azza Wa-Jall (fo Him belongs Might and Majesty) will (continue to) grant me intercession until I say, ‘O my Lord, grant me intercession for those who say: Laailaaha illallah (None has the right to be worshipped but Allah)” AlBazzaar then said, “We do not know it to be related by any chain other than this one.” But Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa did relate it through another chain.

An-Nadr ibn Anas related from Anas - that the Prophet a said, “I will be standing, waiting for my nation to cross the Siraat. ‘Resa #5) will come to me and say, ‘These are the Prophets who have come to you, O Muhammad; they have to ask you,’”” or he #) said, ‘they are gathering to you, so that you invoke Allah to separate between all of the nations to wherever Allah wishes for them, and so He removes

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them from the (difficult) situation that they are in.’ The creation is bridied in sweat. As for the believer, itis upon him like a cold. As for the disbeliever, death will envelop him. I will then say, O ‘Eesa, wait until I return to you’ Then I will go until | stand underneath the Throne. I will meet with that which no chosen angel ever met with, nor any sent Prophet, Allah will then inspire Jibreel: ‘Go to Muhammad and say: raise your head; ask, you will be given; intercede, and your intercession will be accepted.” The Prophet #8 then said, “Then I will intercede for my nation, for me to take out from every 99 people a single person. I will continue to go back to my Lord, and I will not stand any time except that I will intercede (and my intercession will be accepted), This will continue until Allah gives me from that by saying, ‘O Muhammad, admit into Paradise from your nation he who said, ‘1 bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah,’ sincerely, ona single day, and then died upon that.” (Ahmad) Ahmad alone related it, and AtTirmidhee ruled that its chain is Hasan.

The Narration Of Jaabir Ibn ‘Abdullah #

Jaabir ibn ‘Abdullah 4s related that the Messenger of Allah #8 said, “My intercession on. the Day of Resurrection is for the perpetrators, from my nation, of major sins.” The narrator, whose name is Muhammad, said, “What is this, O Jaabir?” He said, “Yes, O Muhammad. As for he whose good deeds are more than his bad deeds, then that is the one who enters Paradise without reckoning. As for the one whose good and evil deeds are equal, he is the one whose reckoning will be an easy reckoning, and then he enters Paradise. But the intercession of the Messenger of Allah # is only for he who tied himself up and who hanged his back (low by making it heavy with sins).” (Related by Al-Baihaqee)

In another narration, Jaabir # related that the Messenger of Allah 2 recited:

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“And they cannot intercede except for him with whom He is

Jaabir ibn ‘Abdullah .2s related that the Messenger of Allah 2% said, “For every Prophet there is a supplication that is answered, which each of them invoked for regarding his nation. And I have saved my supplication: intercession for my nation on the Day of Resurrection.” (Ahmad) And Muslim related it through a different chain.

Jaabir & related that the Messenger of Allah #% said, “When the people of Paradise and the people of the Hellfire are identified, and after the people of Paradise enter Paradise and the people of the Hellfire enter the Hellfire, the Messengers will stand, and they will intercede. Then it will be said, ‘Set out and go. Those whom. you know, take them out.’ They will take them out, and they (those that are taken out) will have been burned. They will throw them in a tiver ~ or on a river ~ which is called the River of Life. ‘Their burned parts will fall off on both sides of the river, and they will

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come out white like flasks. Then they will intercede (again), and it will be said, ‘Go and set out. Take out anyone in whose heart your find Eemaan (faith) equal in weight to a tiny ant (or atom) Qeeraat (carat).’ They will take (them) out quickly, and (then) they will intercede, It will be said, ‘Go and set out. Take out (from the Hellfire) anyone in whose heart you find Eemaan (faith) that is equal in weight to a mustard seed.’ Then Allah will say, ‘I will now take out by My Knowledge and My Mercy.’ He will take out many times more than they took out, and many more times than that. It will be written in their necks, the Freed Ones of Allah. Then they will enter Paradise, and therein they will be named Al-Jahannamiyyoon.”” (Ahmad) Only Ahmad related it.

The hadith Of ‘Ubaadah Ibn As-Saamit

In a narration related by Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa, Talq ibn Habeeb said, “I was from the most severe of people in terms of disbelieving

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“‘Alee ibn Zaid ibn Abee Nudrah said, “Ibn ‘Abbaas 4 gave us a sermon from the pulpit of Al-Basrah. He .¢ said: The Messenger of Allah # said, Indeed every single Prophet had a supplication that Allah answered in the world, and I have saved my supplication, making it be intercession for my nation. And I am the chief of the children of Adam on the Day of Resurrection, and no Fakhr (pride and haughtiness); I am the first for whom the earth will split open, and no Fakhr; in my hand is the banner of Al-Hamd (praise), and no Fakhr; Adam along with all those under him are underneath my banner, and no Fakhr. The Day of Resurrection will be made prolonged for the people. Some will say to others, ‘Go with us to Adam, the father of mankind, so that he will intercede for us to our Lord - that He judge between us,’ So they will go to Adam and say, ‘O Adam, you are the one who Allah created with His Hand; He made your abode to be His Paradise, and He made the angels perform prostration to you. Intercede for us to your Lord, so that He judges between us.” He will say, ‘I am not the one for you: I was removed from Paradise because of my sin, and al! that matters to me today is my own soul. But go to Ibraaheem Al-Khaleel.’ They will go to him and say, ‘O Ibraaheem, intercede for us to our Lord, so that He judges between us.’ He will say, ‘I am not the one for you. Llied . three lies for the sake of Islam,’ and by Allah, he only used them to defend Allah’s religion. They are, 1) his saying: “Verily, I am sick (with plague. He did this trick to remain in their temple of idols to destroy them and not to accompany them to the pagan’s feasi).”’, 2) his saying: “Nay, this one, the biggest of them (idols) did it’, and 3) his saying to his wife when he went to the king, ‘My sister.’ (Ibraaheem #88 will then say to those who go to him), ‘And today, nothing concerns me except my own self. But go to Moosa, for Allah chose him with His Message and with His Speech.’ Then they go to Moosa, and they