Volume 9, Book 93, Number 507:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, “Allah will gather the believers on the Day of Resurrection in the same way (as
they are gathered in this life), and they will say, ‘Let us ask someone to intercede for us with our Lord
that He may relieve us from this place of ours.’ Then they will go to Adam and say, ‘O Adam! Don’t
you see the people (people’s condition)? Allah created you with His Own Hands and ordered His an –
gels to prostrate before you, and taught you the names of all the things. Please intercede for us with
our Lord so that He may relieve us from this place of ours.’ Adam will say, ‘I am not fit for this un –
dertaking’ and mention to them the mistakes he had committed, and add, “But you d better go to
Noah as he was the first Apostle sent by Allah to the people of the Earth.’ They will go to Noah who
will reply, ‘I am not fit for this undertaking,’ and mention the mistake which he made, and add, ‘But
you’d better go to Abraham, Khalil Ar-Rahman.’
They will go to Abraham who will reply, ‘I am not fit for this undertaking,’ and mention to them
the mistakes he made, and add, ‘But you’d better go to Moses, a slave whom Allah gave the Torah and
to whom He spoke directly’ They will go to Moses who will reply, ‘I am not fit for this undertaking,’
and mention to them the mistakes he made, and add, ‘You’d better go to Jesus, Allah’s slave and His
Apostle and His Word (Be: And it was) and a soul created by Him.’ They will go to Jesus who will say,
‘I am not fit for this undertaking, but you’d better go to Muhammad whose sins of the past and the
future had been forgiven (by Allah).’ So they will come to me and I will ask the permission of my
Lord, and I will be permitted (to present myself) before Him. When I see my Lord, I will fall down in
(prostration) before Him and He will leave me (in prostration) as long as He wishes, and then it will
be said to me, ‘O Muhammad! Raise your head and speak, for you will be listened to; and ask, for you
will be granted (your request); and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted.’ I will then raise
my head and praise my Lord with certain praises which He has taught me, and then I will intercede.
Allah will allow me to intercede (for a certain kind of people) and will fix a limit whom I will admit
into Paradise.
I will come back again, and when I see my Lord (again), I will fall down in prostration before Him,
and He will leave me (in prostration) as long as He wishes, and then He will say, ‘O Muhammad!
Raise your head and speak, for you will be listened to; and ask, for you will be granted (your
request); and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted.’ I will then praise my Lord with cer –
tain praises which He has taught me, and then I will intercede. Allah will allow me to intercede (for
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a certain kind of people) and will fix a limit to whom I will admit into Paradise, I will return again,
and when I see my Lord, I will fall down (in prostration) and He will leave me (in prostration) as
long as He wishes, and then He will say, ‘O Muhammad! Raise your head and speak, for you will be
listened to, and ask, for you will be granted (your request); and intercede, for your intercession will
be accepted.’ I will then praise my Lord with certain praises which He has taught me, and then I will
intercede. Allah will allow me to intercede (for a certain kind of people) and will fix a limit to whom
I will admit into Paradise. I will come back and say, ‘O my Lord! None remains in Hell (Fire) but
those whom Qur’an has imprisoned therein and for whom eternity in Hell (Fire) has become inevit –
able.’ ”
The Prophet added, “There will come out of Hell (Fire) everyone who says: ‘La ilaha illal-lah,’ and
has in his heart good equal to the weight of a barley grain. Then there will come out of Hell (Fire)
everyone who says: ‘ La ilaha illal-lah,’ and has in his heart good equal to the weight of a wheat
grain. Then there will come out of Hell (Fire) everyone who says: ‘La ilaha illal-lah,’ and has in his
heart good equal to the weight of an atom (or a smallest ant).”