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60. It was narrated that Abu Sa'eed Khudri said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'When Allāh has saved the believers from Hell and they are safe, none of you will dispute with his companion more vehemently for some right of his in this world than the believers will dispute with their Lord on behalf of their brothers in faith who will have entered Hell. They will say: "Our Lord! They are our brothers, they used to pray with us, fast with us and perform Hajj with us, and you have admitted them to Hell." He will say: "Go and bring forth those whom you recognize among them." So they will come to them, and they will recognize them by their faces. The Fire will not consume their faces, although there will be some whom the Fire will seize halfway up their shins, and others whom it will seize up to their ankles. They will bring them forth, and will say, "Our Lord, we have brought forth those whom You commanded us to bring forth." Then He will say: "Bring forth those who have a Dinār's weight of faith in their hearts, then those who have half a Dinār's
weight in their hearts, then those who have a mustard-seed's weight." Abu Sa'eed said: "He who does not believe this, let him recite: 'Surely, Allāh wrongs not even of the weight of an atom (or a small ant), but if there is any good (done), He doubles it, and gives from Him a great reward.'"[1](Sahih)
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Great Intercession on the Day of Judgment shall only be the exclusive privilege of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, but other Prophets and believers shall, in their turn, also be allowed to intercede on behalf of the sinners.
No Prophets or 'holy men' will have the power to extricate anyone from Hell on their own. They will simply pray to Allāh and intercede on behalf of their sinning brethren. Allāh will, then, accept the intercession for whoever He wills, and grant deliverance from Hell to whoever He wishes.
Sinners among the believers will be recognizable in Hell-fire through their unburnt faces. A Hadith of the Prophet ﷺ says that the angels shall recognize the sinners from the prostration marks on their foreheads. The Hadith also underlines the singularly important place prayer occupies among all the acts of worship.
The sinners shall be subjected to severe or light punishment according to the degree of the gravity of their sins.
All believers are not equal in faith since faith increases and decreases.
Allāh's mercy is so pervasive that even those at the lowest level of faith shall get deliverance, not so the polytheists.
