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3616. Ibn 'Abbās narrated that a group of people from the Companions of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ sat waiting for him. He said: "Then he came out, such that when he came close to them, he heard them talking, and he heard what they were saying. So some of them said: 'Its amazing that Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, has taken a Khalīl (close friend) from His creation. He took Ibrāhīm as a Khalīl.' And some of them said: 'That is not more amazing than speaking to Mūsā. He spoke to him with real speech.' And some said: 'And 'Eisā is the word of Allāh and His spirit.' And some said: 'Ādam was chosen by Allāh.' So he (ﷺ) came out upon them and said his Salām, and said: 'I have heard your words, and your amazement that Ibrāhīm is the Khalīl of Allāh, and he is such, and that Mūsā is the one spoken to by Allāh, and he is such, and that 'Eisā is the spirit of Allāh and His Word, and he is such, and that Ādam was chosen by Allāh, and he is such. Indeed I am the beloved of Allāh and I am not boasting, and I am the carrier of the Banner of Praise on the Day of Judgment, and I am not boasting, and I am the first intercessor, and the first to have intercession accepted from him on the Day of Judgment, and I am not boasting. And I am the first to shake the rings of Paradise[1] and so Allāh will open it for me and admit me into it. And with me will be the poor people from the believers, and I am not boasting. And I am the most noble among the first ones and the last ones, and I am not boasting." (Da'if) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Gharīb.
