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7510. Narrated Ma'bad bin Hilāl Al-'Anazī: We, i.e., some people from Baṣrahgathered and went to Anas bin Mālik, and wewent in company with Thābit Al-Bunānī sothat he might ask him about the 'Hadīth ofIntercession' on our behalf. Behold, Anaswas in his palace, and our arrival coincidedwith his Duhā prayer. We asked permissionto enter and he admitted us while he wassitting on his bed. We said to Thābit, "Donot ask him about anything else first but the'Hadīth of Intercession'." He said, "O AbūḤamza! These are your brethren fromBaṣrah coming to ask you about the 'Hadīthof Intercession.'" Anas then said:Muḥammad ﷺ said, "On the Day of Resurrection the people will surge like waves on one another, and then they will come to Ādam and say, 'Please intercede for us with your Lord.' He will say, 'I am not fit for that but you'd better go to (Prophet) Ibrāhīm (Abraham) as he is the Khālīl(1) of the Most Gracious (Allāh).' They will go to Ibrāhīm and he will say, 'I am not fit for that, but you'd better go to (Prophet) Mūsā (Moses) as he is the one to whom Allāh spoke directly.' So they will go to Mūsā and he will say, 'I am not fit for that, but you'd better go to 'Īsā (Jesus) as he is a soul(2) created by Allāh and His Word.' ('Be!' —and he was). They will go to 'Īsā and he will say, 'I am not fit for that, but you'd better go to (Prophet) Muḥammad (ﷺ).' They would come to me and I would say, 'I am for that.' Then I will ask for my Lord's Permission, and it will be given, and then He will reveal me to praise Him with such praises as I do not know now. So I will praise Him with those praises and will fall down prostrate before Him. Then it will be said, 'O Muḥammad, 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 say, 'O Lord! My followers! My followers!' And then it will be said, 'Go and take out of Hell (Fire) all those who have Faith in their hearts equal to the weight of a barley grain.' I will go and do so and return to praise Him with the same praises, and fall down (prostrate) before Him. Then it will be said, 'O Muḥammad, 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 say, 'O Lord, My followers! My followers!' It will be said, 'Go : See the glossary.(2) (H.7510) See the word in the glossary. and take out of it all those who have Faith in their hearts equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ant) or a mustard seed.' I will go and do so and return to praise Him with the same praises, and fall down in prostration before Him. It will be said, '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 say, 'O Lord! My followers! My followers!' Then He will say, 'Go and take out (all those) in whose hearts there is Faith even to the lightest, lightest mustard seed. (Take them) out of the Fire.' I will go and do so." When we left Anas, I said to some of my companions, "Let's pass by Al-Hasan who is hiding himself in the house of Abi Khalifa and request him to tell us what Anas bin Mālik has told us." So we went to him and we greeted him and he admitted us. We said to him, "O Abū Sa'īd! We came to you from your brother Anas bin Mālik and he related to us a Hadīth about the intercession the like of which I have never heard." He said, "What is that?" Then we told him of the Hadīth and said, "He stopped at this point (of the Hadīth)." He said, "What then?" We said, "He did not add anything to that." He said, "Anas related the Hadīth to me twenty years ago when he was a young fellow. I don't know whether he forgot or if he did not like to let you depend on what he might have said." We said, "O Abū Sa'īd! Let us know that." He smiled and said, "Man was created hasty. I did not mention that, but that I wanted to inform you of it. Anas told me the same as he told you and said that the Prophet ﷺ added, 'I will then return for a fourth time and praise Him similarly and prostrate before Him and it will be said, '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 say, 'O Lord allow me to intercede for whoever said 'Lā ilāha illallāh' (none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh).' Then Allāh will say, 'By My Power, and My Majesty, and by My Supremacy, and by My Greatness, I will take out of Hell (fire) whoever said, 'Lā ilaha illallāh'."