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4476. Narrated Anas رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ said, "On the Day of Resurrection the believers will assemble and say, 'Let us ask somebody to intercede for us with our Lord.' So they will go to Adam and say, 'You are the father of all the people, and Allāh created you with His Own Hands, and ordered the angels to prostrate to you, and taught you the names of all things; so please intercede for us with your Lord, so that He may relieve us from this place of ours.' Adam will say, 'I am not fit for this (i.e., intercession for you).' Then Adam will remember his sin and feel ashamed thereof. He will say, 'Go to Nūh (Noah), for he was the first Messenger Allāh sent to the inhabitants of the earth.' They will go to him and Nūh will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking.' He will remember his appeal to his Lord to do something of which he had no knowledge, then he will feel ashamed thereof and will say, 'Go to Khalīl Ar-Raḥmān(1) [i.e., Ibrāhīm (Abraham)].' They will go to him and he will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking. Go to Mūsā (Moses), the slave to whom Allāh spoke (directly) and gave him the Taurat (Torah).' So they will go to him and he will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking,' and he will mention (his) killing a person who was not a killer, and so he will feel ashamed thereof before his Lord, and he will say, 'Go to 'Īsā (Jesus), Allāh's slave, His Messenger and Allāh's Word and a Spirit coming from Him'.(1) 'Īsā will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking, go to Muḥammad ﷺ the slave of Allāh, whose past and future sins were forgiven by Allāh.' So, they will come to me and I will proceed till I will ask my Lord's Permission and I will be given permission. When I will see my Lord, I will fall down in prostration and He will let me remain in that state as long as He will wish and then I will be addressed: '(Muḥammad!) Raise your head. Ask, and your request will be granted; say, and your saying will be listened to; intercede, and your intercession will be accepted.' I will raise my head and praise Allāh with a saying (i.e., invocation) He will teach me, and then I will intercede. He will fix a limit for me (to intercede for) whom I will admit into Paradise. Then I will come back again to Allāh, and when I will see my Lord, the same thing will happen to me. And then I will intercede and Allāh will fix a limit for me to intercede whom I will admit into Paradise, then I will come back for the third time; and then I will come back for the fourth time, and will say, 'None remains in Hell but those whom the Qur'ān has imprisoned (in Hell) and who have been destined to an eternal stay in Hell.' " (The compiler) Abū 'Abdullāh said: "But those whom the Qur'ān has imprisoned in Hell," refers to the Statement of Allāh تعالى: "To abide therein!..." (V.16:29)