Sahih Muslim Hadith 481

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[481] 328 •(…) It was narrated that Abü Hurairah said: "A bowl of Thareed and meat was placed before the Messenger of Allah OR and he took the foreleg, which was the part of the sheep that he liked best, and took a bite, then he said: 'I will be the leader of mankind on the Day of Resurrection.' Then he took another bite and said: 'I will be the leader of mankind on the Day of Resurrection.' When he saw that his Companions were not asking about that, he said: 'Are you not going to ask me how?' They said: 'How will that be, 0 Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'The people will stand before the Lord of the Worlds…" And he (the narrator) quoted a HadIth of Abü Hayyân from Abü Zur'ah (no.480), and he added with regard to IbrâhIm – : "He mentioned his saying concerning the stars: 'This is my Lord,' and his saying concerning their idols, 'The :4 1 biggest one of them did it,' and his saying, 'I am sick." Then he (it'F) 4;) :Ji :i 4i said: "By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, the distance between the sides of two L JI of the gates of Paradise and the two gate-posts is like the distance between Makkah and Hajar, or :jU •3Lc Hajar and Makkah."