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4712. Narrated Abū Hurairah رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : Some (cooked) meat was brought to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and the meat of a forearm was presented to him as he used to like it. He ate a morsel of it and said, "I will be the chief of all the people on the Day of Resurrection. Do you know the reason for it? Allāh will gather all the human beings of early generations as well as late generations on one plain so that the announcer will be able to make them all hear his voice, and the watcher will be able to see all for them. The sun will come so close to the people that they will suffer such distress and trouble as they will not be able to tolerate it or to bear it. Then the people will say, 'Don't you see to what state you have reached? Won't you look for someone who can intercede for you with your Lord?' Some people will say to some others, 'Go to Ādam.' So, they will go to Adam and say to him, 'You are the father of mankind; Allāh created you with His Own Hand, and breathed into you the soul which He created for you; and ordered the angels to prostrate before you; and they did, so (please) intercede for us with your Lord. Don't you see in what state we are? Don't you see what condition we have reached?' Ādam will say, 'Today my Lord has become angry as =then the translation of the Verse will be : We (first) increase in number those of its population who are given the luxury of this life. He has never become before, nor will ever become thereafter. He forbade me (to eat of the fruit of) the tree, but I disobeyed Him. Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to someone else; go to Nûh (Noah).’ So they will go to Nûh and say (to him), ‘O Nûh! You are the first (of Allâh’s Messengers) to the people of the earth, and Allâh has named you a thankful slave; please intercede for us with your Lord. Don’t you see in what state we are?’ He will say, ‘Today my Lord has become angry as He has never become before nor will ever become thereafter. I had (in the world) the right to make one definitely accepted invocation, and I made it against my nation. Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to someone else; go to Ibrâhîm (Abraham).’ They will go to Ibrâhîm (Abraham) and say, ‘O Ibrâhîm (Abraham)! You are Allâh’s Messenger and His Khalîl(1) from among the people of the earth; so please intercede for us with your Lord. Don’t you see in what state we are?’ He will say to them, ‘My Lord has today become angry as He has never become before, nor will ever become thereafter. I had told three lies. [Abû Hâiyân (the subnarrator) mentioned them in the Hadîth] Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to someone else; go to Mûsa (Moses).’ The people will then go to Mûsa (Moses) and say, ‘O Mûsa (Moses)! You are Allâh’s Messenger and Allâh gave you superiority above the others with His Message and with His direct Talk to you; (please) intercede for us with your Lord. Don’t you see in what state we are?’ Mûsa (Moses) will say, ‘My Lord has today become angry as He has never become before, nor will become thereafter, I killed a person whom I had not been ordered to kill. Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to someone else; go to 'Īsā (Jesus).’ So they will go to 'Īsā (Jesus) and say, ‘O 'Īsā (Jesus)! You are Allāh’s Messenger and His Word (“Be”—and he was) which He sent to Maryam (Mary), and a Rūḥ (soul) created by Him(1) and you talked to the people while still young in the cradle. Please intercede for us with your Lord. Don’t you see in what state we are?’ ‘Īsā (Jesus) will say, ‘My Lord has today become angry as He has never become before, nor will ever become thereafter.’ ‘Īsā (Jesus) will not mention any sin, but will say, ‘Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to someone else; go to Muḥammad ﷺ.’ So, they will come to me and say, ‘O Muḥammad! You are Allāh’s Messenger and the last of the Prophets, and Allāh forgave your all the past, present and future sins. (Please) intercede for us with your Lord. Don’t you see in what state we are?’” The Prophet ﷺ added, “Then I will go beneath Allāh’s Throne and fall in prostration before my Lord. And then Allāh عزوجل will guide me to such praises and glorifications to Him as He has never guided anybody else before me. Then it will be said, ‘O Muḥammad! Raise your head. Ask, and it will be granted. Intercede! It (your intercession) will be accepted.’ So I will raise my head and say, ‘My followers, O my Lord! My followers, O my Lord’. It will be said, ‘O Muḥammad! Let those of your followers who have no accounts, enter through such a gate of the gates of Paradise as lies on the right; and they will share the other gates with the peoples.’” The Prophet ﷺ further said, “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, the distance between every two gate-posts of Paradise is like the distance between Makkah and Himyar, or between Makkah and Baṣrah (in Sham).”