Sahih Muslim Hadith 479

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[479] 326 – ( … ) Ma'bad bin Hilâl Al-'Anazî said: "We went to Anas bin Mâlik and took Thâbit with us to introduce us. We came to him and he was praying Ad- Duha. Thâbit asked permission for us to enter and we entered upon him. He seated Thâbit with him on his bedding, and he said to him: '0 Abü Hamzah, your brothers from Al-Basrah are asking you to tell them the HadIiL about intercession.' He said: 'Muhammad 0, told us: 'On the Day of Resurrection, the people will surge against one another like waves, then they will go to Adam, ç, and will say: 'Intercede for your offspring.' He will say: 'I am not capable of that, rather you should go to IbrâhIm [u], for he is the KhalIlullâh (close friend of Allah), the Most High.' So they will go to Ibrâhlm, %0, and he will say: 'I am not capable of that, rather you should go to Môsâ [], for he is the one with whom Allah, the Most High, spoke.' They will go to Müsâ – a, and he will say: 'I am not capable of that, rather you should go to 'Eisa, [] for he is a spirit from Allah and His word.' So they will go to 'Eisa [] and he will say: 'I am not capable of that, rather go to Muhammad .' "So they will come to me, and I will say: 'I am for that.' I will go and ask permission to speak to my Lord, and permission will be granted to me. I will stand before Him, and will praise Him with words of praise that I am not able to say now, but Allah, the Most High, will inspire me therewith. Then I will fall down prostrating to Him, and it will be said to me: '0 Muhammad, raise your head. Speak, you will be heard; ask, it will be given to you; intercede and your intercession will be accepted.' I will say: '0 Lord, my Ummah! My Ummah!' It will be said to me: 'Go, and whoever has in his heart faith the weight of a grain of wheat or barley, bring him out therefrom.' So I will go and do that, then I will come back to my Lord, the Most High, and I will praise Him with those words of praise, then I will fall down prostrating to Him, and it will be said to me: '0 Muhammad, raise your head. Speak, you will be heard; ask, it will be given to you; intercede and your intercession will be accepted.' I will say: '0 Lord, my Ummah! My Ummah!' It will be said to me: 'Go, and whoever has in his heart faith the weight of a grain of mustard-seed, bring him out therefrom.' So I will go and do that, then I will come back to my Lord and I will praise Him with those words of praise, then I will fall down prostrating to Him, and it will be said to me: '0 Muhammad, raise your head. Speak, you will be heard; ask, it will be given to you; intercede and your intercession will be accepted.' I will say: '0 Lord, my Ummah! My Ummah!' It will be said to me: 'Go, and whoever has in his heart faith that is smaller, smaller, smaller than a grain of mustard-seed, bring him out of the Fire.' And I will go and do that." (Ma'bad bin Hilâl A1-'AnazI continued) "This is the HadIth of Anas that he narrated to us. Then we left him and when we were in the upper part of Al- Jabbân we said: 'Why don't we go to Al-Hasan and greet him, while he is hiding in the house of Abil KhalIfah?' So we went to him and greeted him, and we said: '0 Abü Sa'eed, we have come from the house of your brother Abü Hamzah, and we have never heard anything like the HadIth he told us about intercession.' He said: 'Tell me.' So we told him the HadIth and he said: 'Tell me more.' We said: 'He did not tell us any more than that.' He said: 'He narrated it to us twenty years ago when he was in good :JU health, and (now) he has omitted something, but I do not ' – know whether the Shaikh forgot, or if he did not want to tell it ' :j i to you lest you become complacent.' We said to him: 'Tell us.' He smiled and said: "Man is created of haste.t11 – I only said that to you because I want to 3 4l; narrate the Ijadltj to you. He () said: "Then I will go back to my Lord a fourth time and I will praise Him with those words of praise, then I will fall down prostrating to Him, and it will be said to me: '0 Muhammad, raise your head. Speak, you will be heard; ask, it will be given to you; intercede A1-Anbiyâ' 21:37. and your intercession will be accepted.' I will say: '0 Lord, give me permission (to intercede) regarding those who said: 'La ilâha illallâh.' It will be said: 'That is not for you, but by My Might, Majesty, Greatness and Power, I shall bring forth whoever said: 'La ilâha illallâh.' He (Ma'bad bin Hilâl Al-'AnazI) said: "I bear witness that Al- Uasan narrated this to us, and that he heard Anas bin Mâlik, I think he said twenty years earlier, when he was in good health."