Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection I will be the first person who is given permission to prostrate, and I will be the first person who is given permission to raise his head. I will look in front of me and recognise my Ummah among the other nations; behind me likewise (I will recognise them), on my right likewise (I will recognise them), and on my left likewise (I will recognise them)." A man said: "O Messenger of Allah, how will you recognise your Ummah among the nations from the Ummah of Sayyiduna Nuh (peace be upon him) up to your own Ummah?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They will have shining foreheads (and limbs) from the traces of ablution; no one other than them will be like that. I will recognise them in that when they come, their records of deeds will be in their right hands, and I will recognise them in that their children will be running before them."
Ahmad recorded this narration, and al-Bazzar recorded it from this Companion in abridged form, except that he reported these words: "And their children will be before them in the form of light." The narrators of Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih except for Ibn Lahi'ah, who is da'if (weak), though he has also been declared trustworthy.
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