وَعَنْهُ أَيْضًا قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ ”إِنِّي لَقَائِمٌ أَنْتَظِرُ أُمَّتِي تَعْبُرُ عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ إِذْ جَاءَنِي عِيسَى فَقَالَ هَذِهِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ قَدْ جَاءَتْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَسْأَلُونَ أَوْ قَالَ يَجْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَيَدْعُونَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ جَمْعَ الْأُمَمِ إِلَى حَيْثُ يَشَاءُ اللَّهُ لِغَمٍّ مَا هُمْ فِيهِ وَالْخَلْقُ مُلْجَمُونَ فِي الْعَرَقِ وَأَمَّا الْمُؤْمِنُ فَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ كَالزُّكْمَةِ وَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ فَيَتَغَشَّاهُ الْمَوْتُ“ قَالَ قَالَ لِعِيسَى ”انْتَظِرْ حَتَّى أَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكَ“ قَالَ ”فَذَهَبَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى قَامَ تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ فَلَقِيَ مَا لَمْ يَلْقَ مَلَكٌ مُصْطَفًى وَلَا نَبِيٌّ مُرْسَلٌ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَى جِبْرِيلَ اذْهَبْ إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ فَقُلْ لَهُ ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ سَلْ تُعْطَ وَاشْفَعْ تُشَفَّعْ“ قَالَ ”فَشُفِّعْتُ فِي أُمَّتِي أَنْ أَخْرِجَ مِنْ كُلِّ تِسْعَةٍ وَتِسْعِينَ إِنْسَانًا وَاحِدًا“ قَالَ ”فَمَا زِلْتُ أَتَرَدَّدُ عَلَى رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَلَا أَقُومُ مَقَامًا إِلَّا شُفِّعْتُ حَتَّى أَعْطَانِيَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَنْ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَدْخِلْ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَنْ شَهِدَ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ يَوْمًا وَاحِدًا مُخْلِصًا وَمَاتَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ“
It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: My Ummah will be crossing the Bridge of Sirat and I will be standing waiting for them, when Isa (peace be upon him) will come to me and say: O Muhammad! All the Prophets have gathered for your sake, they are requesting Allah Almighty that all the nations who are afflicted with grief, may He remove them from it and begin their reckoning and send them wherever He wills, while sweat will be reaching up to the mouths of all people. The suffering of the believers will be like that of a cold, and upon the disbelievers, the state of death will prevail. You (peace and blessings be upon him) will say to Isa (peace be upon him): Wait, I will return to you. Then you (peace and blessings be upon him) will go and stand under the Throne of Allah Almighty and will remember Allah in such a way that neither any close angel nor any sent Prophet has been granted. Meanwhile, Allah Almighty will reveal to Jibril (peace be upon him): Go and say to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): Raise your head and ask, you will be given; intercede, your intercession will be accepted. So much intercession of yours for your Ummah will be accepted that you will take one person out of every ninety-nine from Hell and bring him into Paradise. Then you (peace and blessings be upon him) will keep going to Allah Almighty again and again, and each time your intercession will continue to be accepted, until Allah Almighty will say: O Muhammad! Out of all the individuals Allah Almighty created in your Ummah, whoever bore witness with sincerity to La ilaha illallah and died upon it, admit him into Paradise.