Part 114

Abu Sa’eed 4 said, “The people will be presented over the bridge of Hell. Upon it are grapples, thorns, and hooks that grab people. Some people will pass over it like lightning; others, like wind; others, like a galloping horse; and yet others will crawl. As for the people of the Hellfire, they neither die nor live (ie., they do not live a good life). And as for the people of sins, they will be punished in proportion to their sins, They will be burned until they are charcoal. Then Allah will give permission for intercession. They will be taken groups at a time and thrown over a river, where they will grow just as a seed grows on the Hamee! (all that a flood or stream carries) of a flood (or stream).” Abu Sa’eed # then related that the Messenger of

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Allah #% said, “Then the least of men will come out of the Hellfire, and he will be on its edge. He will say, ‘O my Lord, turn my face away from it’ Allah will say, ‘By your promise and pact, you will not ask Me for other than that?’ He will say, ‘By my promise and pact, T will not ask You for other than that.’ Then his face is turned away from it. Then he will see a tree and will say, ‘O my Lord, bring mie closer to this tree, so that I may be in its shade and so that I may eat from its fruit’ Allah will say, ‘By your promise and pact, you will not ask Me for other than that?’ He will say, ‘By my promise and pact, I will not ask You for other than that.’ Then Allah. will bring him closer to it. There, he will see another tree, better than the first one, and he will say, ‘O my Lord, move me to this (new) tree, so that I may be in its shade and so that | may eat from its fruit’ Allah will say, ‘By your promise and pact, you will not ask Me for other than that?’ He will say, ‘By my promise and pact, I will not ask You for other than that.’ Then Allah will move him to it. Then he will see a third tree and say, ‘O my Lord, move me to this tree, so that I may be in its shade and so that I may eat from its fruit’ Allah will say, “By your promise and pact, you will not ask Me for other than that?” He will say, ‘By my promise and pact, I will not ask You for other than that’ Then he will see the blackness of people (ie, the blackness one sees of a people from some distance), and he will hear their voices. Then he will say, ‘O my Lord, admit me into Paradise.”” Abu Sa’eed said, “Two men from the Prophet's Companions disagreed. One of them said, ‘That man will enter Paradise, and he will be given the world and the like thereof.’ The other said, ‘He will enter Paradise, and he will be given the world and ten times more.” (Ahmad) An-Nasaaee related it as from the hadith of ‘Uthmaan ibn Ghayyaath.

The Narration Of Abu Hurairah

Abu Hurairah * said, “I said to the Prophet 2%, ‘Who is the most happy of people with your intercession on the Day of Resurrection?” The Prophet #¢ said, “T thought, O Abu Hurairah, that no one would be more worthy of asking me about this hadith than you, because of the attention you give to Hadecth. The happiest of people with my intercession on the Day of Resurrection is he who says, ‘Lanilaaha illallah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah), sincerely from his own self.” (Ahmad) This chain is authentic and it fulfills the conditions of Bukhaaree and Muslim,

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though neither of them related it in this form.

Abu Hurairah # related that the Messenger of Allah i said, “Indeed for every Prophet there is a supplication that is answered, and every Prophet hastened with his supplication. And | saved my supplication: intercession for my nation. The one who died, not associating any partners with Allah will achieve it, Insha Allah.” He said, “This means his intercession.” (Ahmad) Muslim related it through a different chain.

Abu Hurairah said, “1 asked the Messenger of Allah 2%, ‘What did your Lord answer you regarding the intercession?” The Prophet #3 said, “By the One Who has the soul of Muhammad in His Hand, I did indeed think that you would be the first from my nation to ask me about that, due to what I saw from the attention you give to knowledge. By the One Who has the soul of Muhammad in His Hand, I am not as concerned about their standing at the gates of Puradise as I am about the completion of the intercession. And my intercession is for the one who sincerely testifies that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and then his heart testifies as to his tongue, and his tongue testifies as to his heart.” (Ahinad) Abmad alone related it in this form.

Abu Hurairah related that the Messenger of Allah 28 said, “For every Prophet there is a supplication that he supplicates with, and 1 want to save my supplication — intercession for my nation in the Hereafter.” (Ahmad) Ishaaq narrated the wording, “And I wanted to save...” Al-Bukhaaree related it by way of Maalik.

Abu Hurairah # said to Ka’ab Al-Ahbaar, “Indeed, the Messenger of Allah #@ said, ‘Tor every Prophet there is a supplication that he supplicates with, and I want ~ inshaAllah — to save my supplication: intercession for my nation on the Day of Resurrection’” Ka’ab said to Abu Hurairah &, “You heard this from the Messenger of Allah?” He # said, “Yes.” (Muslim) And

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Muslim alone related it.

Al-Qaasim Ibn Muhammad reported that Abu Hurairah & and Ka’ab gathered together. Abu Hurairah began to relate to Ka‘ab from the Prophet #8, and Ka’ab began to relate to Abu Hurairah from the books (i.e, the scriptures of the People of the Book). Abu Hurairah 4 said, “The Prophet #% said, ‘For every Prophet there is a supplication that is answered, and I have indeed saved my supplication - intercession for my nation on the Day of Resurrection.” (Ahmad) Ahmad alone related it and its chain is authentic, upon the conditions of Bukhaaree and Muslim. No one from the compilers of the “Six Books” related it in this form.

Abu Hurairah # related that the Prophet 4 said, “Indeed for every Prophet there is a supplication that he supplicates with, and I indeed want to save my supplication, Insha Allah - intercession for my nation on the Day of Resurrection.” Ibn Ja’far related the wording, “Tn my nation.” (Alimad) And Muslim related it from the hadith of Sho’bah.

Abu Hurairah related that the Messenger of Allah #@ said, “For every Prophet there is a supplication that he supplicates with, for which he is answered and which he is given. And verily, I saved my supplication — intercession for my nation on the Day of Resurrection.” (Muslim) Muslim alone related it.

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Another Chain Regarding this Verse:

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“Tt may be that your Lord will raise you to Muqam Mahmud (a

station of praise and glory, i.e. the honor of intercession on the Day

of Resurrection, ya Abu Hurairah related that the Messenger of Allah : said, “It is the station in which I intercede for my nation.” At-Tirmidhee related it through another chain and then said, “Hasan.”

The Narration Of Umm Habeebah %

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Tasked Allah to charge me with intercession regarding them, and He did so.” Al-Baihagee said, “This chain is authentic.”

Intercession Of The Believers For Their Families

We have hitherto mentioned the hadith of Abu Hurairah , from the Leader of the Believers, ‘Uthmaan 4, that the Prophet #¥ said, “The first to intercede on the Day of Resurrection are the Prophets, then the martyrs, and then the believers.” Al-Bazzaar related it and so did Ibn Maajah, but with the wording, “Three will intercede on the Day of Resurrection: the Prophets, the scholars, and the martyrs.”

The following narration indicates otherwise, and we will mention its ruling after relating it. Ibn Mas‘ood # said, “Your Prophet will be the fourth of four to intercede: Jibreel, then Ibraaheem, then Moosa or ‘Eesa, then your Prophet, then the angels, then the Truthful Ones, and then the martyrs.” Al-Qurtubee related this in AtTadhkirah. Abu Daawood At-Tiyaalisee related it as well and he added in his narration, “None will intercede after him who is greater than him.” And that is the station of glory and praise about which Allah 4 said:

“It may be that your Lord will raise you to Mugam Mahmud (a