عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ”قَدْ أُعْطِيَ كُلُّ نَبِيٍّ عَطِيَّةً، فَكُلٌّ قَدْ تَعَجَّلَهَا، وَإِنِّي أَخَّرْتُ عَطِيَّتِي شَفَاعَةً لِأُمَّتِي“
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Every prophet has been granted an accepted supplication by Allah Almighty; every prophet hastened to use it (and received it in this world), but I have postponed mine to intercede for my Ummah.