Further reports on intercession

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I will knock on the door of Paradise and it will be opened for me. It will be a door made of gold, whose knocker will be made of silver. The Greatest Light will come before me, and I will go into prostration. At that time such words of praise of Allah Almighty will be inspired in me as were not inspired in anyone before me. Then it will be said to me: 'Raise your head; ask and it will be given, speak and it will be heard, intercede and the intercession will be accepted.' I will say: 'My Ummah!' It will be said: 'You may have whoever has faith in his heart equal to the weight of a grain of barley.'" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then I will go into prostration a second time." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then words like those will be inspired in me, and the like of that will be said to me, and I will say: 'My Ummah!' It will be said to me: 'You may have whoever has faith in his heart equal to the weight of a mustard seed.' Then I will go into prostration a third time, and the like of that will be said to me. Then I will raise my head and say: 'My Ummah!' It will be said to me: 'You may have every person who said La ilaha illallah (there is no god but Allah) with sincerity.'" (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Some hadiths from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) other than this narration are mentioned in the Sahih and in other books.
Abu Ya'la recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Yazid al-Raqashi, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) told me: "I will be standing, waiting for my Ummah as it crosses the Sirat (the bridge), when Sayyiduna Isa (peace be upon him) will come." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He will say: 'These prophets have come to you, O Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! And they are asking (the narrator is unsure, or perhaps the words are:) they have gathered with you; they are praying to Allah Almighty to separate the gathering of the nations, to wherever He wills, for the people at this time are in severe distress. The people at that time will be drowning in sweat: as for the believer, it will be for him like a cold, and as for the disbeliever, death will have covered him.'" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Sayyiduna Isa (peace be upon him) will say: 'Wait until I come back to you.'" The narrator says: The Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) will go and stand beneath the Throne, and at that time he will meet what no chosen angel or sent prophet has met. Then Allah Almighty will reveal to Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him): "Go to Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and say to him: 'Raise your head; ask and you will be given, intercede and your intercession will be accepted.'" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then I will be granted intercession to bring out one person out of every ninety-nine." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I will keep going back and forth to my Lord, and whenever I stand in His court my intercession will be accepted, until Allah Almighty grants me from that, saying: 'O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! From the creation of Allah, from your Ummah, admit everyone who testifies that there is no god but Allah, who gave this testimony with sincerity for a single day and died in that state.'"
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led the morning prayer, then he remained seated until the time of the forenoon (duha) came, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled. Then he stayed in his place until he led the Zuhr, Asr and Maghrib prayers, and during all that time he did not speak, until he led the Isha prayer. Then he got up and went to his house. The people said to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him): "Will you not ask the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) what the matter is with him? The way the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) behaved today, he has never done before." Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about it, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes! Everything that is going to happen concerning the affairs of this world and the affairs of the Hereafter was presented to me. All the first and the last people will be gathered on one plain. The people will be distressed by that situation, until they go to Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him), with the sweat so great that it will almost bridle them. They will say: 'O Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him)! You are the father of mankind, and Allah Almighty chose you; intercede for us in the court of your Lord.' Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him) will say: 'I too am facing the same situation that you are facing. Go to your second forefather, Sayyiduna Nuh (peace be upon him)!' "Indeed, Allah Almighty chose Adam, Nuh, the family of Ibrahim and the family of Imran above all the worlds."" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people will go to Sayyiduna Nuh (peace be upon him) and say: 'Intercede for us in the court of your Lord, for Allah Almighty chose you, He answered your supplication, and He did not leave any of the disbelievers dwelling on the face of the earth.' Sayyiduna Nuh (peace be upon him) will say: 'I cannot do this. Go to Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him), for Allah Almighty has taken him as an intimate friend.' The people will go to Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him), and he will say: 'I cannot do this. Go to Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him)! For Allah Almighty spoke with him.' Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) will say: 'I cannot do this. Go to Sayyiduna Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him)! For he used to heal the one born blind and the leper (that is, one suffering from vitiligo), and he used to bring the dead to life.' Sayyiduna Isa (peace be upon him) will say: 'I cannot do this. Go to the leader of the children of Adam! For he is the first person for whom the earth was split open on the Day of Resurrection. Go to Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! He will intercede for you in the court of your Lord.'" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those people will go, and Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) will come to his Lord." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Lord will say: 'Give him permission! And give him the glad tidings of Paradise!'" (Perhaps there is some gap in the Arabic text here.) The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) will go and fall into a prostration that will last for a week. The Lord will say: 'Raise your head! Speak and you will be heard, intercede and your intercession will be accepted.'" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) will raise his head, and when he looks at his Lord he will again fall into a prostration that will last for another week. The Lord will say: 'Raise your head; speak and you will be heard, intercede and your intercession will be accepted.'" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When he is about to go into prostration again, Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) will take hold of him by his upper arms. At that time Allah Almighty will open up for him such words of supplication as He will never have opened up for any human being. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) will say: 'O my Lord! You have made me the leader of the children of Adam, and I do not say this out of pride; and You have made me the first person for whom the earth was split open on the Day of Resurrection, and I do not say this out of pride.' (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:) Until people will come to me at the Pond, which is larger than the distance between San'a and Aylah. Then it will be said: 'Call the truthful ones (siddiqin)', and they will intercede. Then it will be said: 'Call the prophets!'" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then a prophet will come with a group of people with him; one prophet will come with five or six people with him; one prophet will come with no one with him. Then it will be said: 'Call the martyrs!' And they will intercede for whomever they wish." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the martyrs have done so, Allah Almighty will say: 'I am the Most Merciful of those who show mercy. Admit into My Paradise everyone who does not associate anyone with Me.'" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then the people will enter Paradise, and Allah Almighty will say: 'Search Hell! Do you find anyone who ever did any good?'" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then they (that is, the angels) will find a man in Hell and ask: 'Did you ever do any good?' He will reply: 'No! Except that I used to be lenient with people when buying and selling.' Allah Almighty will say: 'Be lenient with My servant, just as he used to be lenient with My servants.' Then they will bring another man out of Hell and ask him: 'Did you ever do any good?' He will reply: 'No! Except that I ordered my children: when I die, burn me with fire, then grind me until, when I have become like kohl (ash), take me to the sea and scatter me in the wind. By Allah! The Lord of all the worlds will never put me to hardship.' Allah Almighty will say: 'Why did you do that?' He will reply: 'Out of fear of You.'" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty will say: 'Look at the greatest kingdom; you will have the like of it and ten times as much again.'" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That man will say: 'Why are You mocking me, when You are the King?'" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is what I laughed at in the forenoon."
Ahmad recorded it, Abu Ya'la recorded something similar, and al-Bazzar recorded it; their narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: One day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to those people and said to them: "My Lord gave me the choice that seventy thousand people (that is, of my Ummah) would enter Paradise, by way of pardon without any reckoning, or that I keep stored with the Lord (that is, intercession) for my Ummah." Some of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "O Messenger of Allah! Will your Lord keep that stored?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went into the house, then came out saying the takbir, and said: "My Lord has additionally granted me that with every thousand there will be seventy thousand more, and the thing stored with Him (that is, intercession) also remains." Abu Ruhm said: "O Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub! What do you think is the thing the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has stored?" The people set upon him with their tongues (that is, they rebuked him harshly) and said: "What have you to do with the thing the Messenger of Allah has stored?" Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Leave him alone! I will tell you about the thing the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has stored, as I think it to be, or rather as I am certain of it. The thing the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has stored is that he will say: 'O my Lord! Whoever testifies that there is no god but Allah, He alone, having no partner, and that Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is His servant and His Messenger, with his tongue confirming his heart, admit him into Paradise.'"
Ahmad and at-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Abdullah bin Nashir, who is from Banu Sari', whom I do not know, and a narrator, Ibn Lahi'ah, whom the majority have declared da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The household of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had a maidservant who used to serve him; her name was Barrah. A man met her and said: "O Barrah! Keep your locks of hair covered! For Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) will be of no use to you against Allah Almighty." That maidservant told the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out dragging his cloak, with his cheeks turning red. The narrator says: We, the Ansar, knew the anger of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) from his coming out dragging his cloak and from his cheeks being red. We took up our weapons and came to him, and we said: "O Messenger of Allah! Order us with whatever you wish. By the One who sent you with the truth, if you were to give us an order concerning our mothers, our fathers and our children, we would carry out your command concerning them too." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ascended the pulpit, praised and glorified Allah Almighty, and then said: "Who am I?" We said: "You are the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is right, but who am I?" We said: "You are Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) bin Abdullah bin Abd al-Muttalib bin Hashim bin Abd Manaf." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am the leader of the children of Adam, and I do not say this out of pride. I will be the first to shake the dust off my head on the Day of Resurrection, and I do not say this out of pride. I will be the first person to enter Paradise, and I do not say this out of pride. What is the matter with people that they think that kinship with me will be of no benefit? It is not as those people think. I will intercede and my intercession will be accepted, until the one for whom I intercede will himself intercede and his intercession too will be accepted, until even Iblis will try to put himself forward to obtain (my) intercession."
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its narrators have been declared trustworthy, although there is a great deal of weakness in the narrators named Ubayd bin Ishaq al-Attar and al-Qasim bin Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Aqil.

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) reports this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "When Allah Almighty gathers all the first and all the last people and judges between them, and when He has finished judging between them, the believers will say: 'Our Lord has judged between us; now we want someone to intercede for us in the court of our Lord. Come with us to Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him)! For he is our forefather; Allah Almighty created him with His Hand and spoke with him.' They will come to Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him) and speak with him, asking that Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him) intercede for them. Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him) will say: 'You must go to Sayyiduna Nuh (peace be upon him).' They will come to Sayyiduna Nuh (peace be upon him), and Sayyiduna Nuh (peace be upon him) will direct them to Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him). They will come to Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him), and Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) will direct them to Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him). They will come to Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him), and Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) will direct them to Sayyiduna Isa (peace be upon him). Then they will come to Sayyiduna Isa (peace be upon him), and he will say: 'I direct you to the unlettered Prophet.' Then they will come to me, and Allah Almighty will give me permission to stand up. From my sitting place there will spread the purest fragrance that anyone has ever smelled, until I come to my Lord. He will accept my intercession and will make for me a light from the hair of my head to the nails of my feet. Then the disbelievers will say: 'The believers have found someone to intercede for them; who will intercede for us?' They will say: 'Only Iblis can do this, who led us astray.' They will come to him and he will stand up, and from his sitting place there will spread the foulest stench that anyone has ever smelled. Then he will lead them to Hell, and at that time he will say what is mentioned in the Qur'an in these words: 'And Satan will say when the matter has been decided: Indeed, Allah promised you a true promise, and I promised you, but I broke my promise to you.'"
At-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Abd al-Rahman bin Ziyad bin An'um, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Of the people of this qiblah, so many will enter Hell that no one but Allah Almighty can count their number. The reason will be that those people disobeyed Allah Almighty, showed boldness in disobeying Him and acted contrary to obedience to Him. Then I will be given permission to intercede, and I will praise Allah Almighty in the state of prostration just as I praised Him in the state of standing. Then it will be said to me: 'Raise your head; ask and you will be given, intercede and your intercession will be accepted.'"
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat and al-Mu'jam al-Saghir, and its chain is hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) reports this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "By the One in whose Hand is my soul, on the Day of Resurrection I will be the leader of the people, and I say this without any pride or showing off. On the Day of Resurrection all the people will be beneath my banner, waiting for relief. With me will be the Banner of Praise (Liwa' al-Hamd). I will walk on, and the people will walk on with me, until I come to the door of Paradise and ask for the door to be opened. It will be asked: 'Who is it?' I will reply: 'Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).' It will be said: 'Welcome to Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)!' When I see my Lord, I will fall down in prostration before Him, out of gratitude to Him. It will be said: 'Raise your head! Speak and your word will be obeyed, intercede and your intercession will be accepted.' Then, through the mercy of Allah Almighty and my intercession, those who had been deprived will come out (of Hell)."
At-Tabarani recorded it. The narrator Ishaq bin Yahya did not reach the time of Sayyiduna Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him); the rest of the narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection the people will be raised again, and on the Day of Resurrection I and my Ummah will be on a hillock. My Lord will clothe me in a green robe, then He will give me permission, and I will praise Him as befits His majesty. That will be the 'Praised Station' (al-Maqam al-Mahmud)."
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. The narrators of one of the two chains of al-Mu'jam al-Kabir are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "On the Day of Resurrection I will be the leader of all the people. My Lord will call me, and I will say: 'Here I am at Your service; felicity comes from You; all good is in Your Hands; You are Blessed and You are Exalted. I am present in Your kindness. Rightly guided is the one whom You guide. Your servant is before You. There is no refuge and no place of safety from You except in You. You are Blessed and Exalted.'"
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Layth bin Abi Sulaym, who is a mudallis (one who conceals defects in the chain); the rest of the narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Allah Almighty will gather all the people on one plain, and no soul will be able to speak. The first to speak will be Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and he will say: "Here I am at Your service; felicity comes from You; all good is in Your Hand; evil cannot be attributed to You; rightly guided is the one whom You guide; Your servant is before You; (he exists) by Your help and is returning to You. There is no refuge and no place of safety from You except in You alone. You are Blessed and Exalted. You are free of every defect, O Lord of the House (that is, the Ka'bah)!" (The narrator says:) This is what is meant by the saying of Allah Almighty: "Soon your Lord will raise you to a Praised Station."
Al-Bazzar recorded it as a mawquf narration (stopping at the Companion), and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) reports this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "I will intercede for my Ummah until my Lord addresses me and says: 'O Muhammad! Are you satisfied?' I will say: 'O my Lord! Indeed, I am satisfied.'"
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and at-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Zayd al-Madari, whom I do not know; the rest of the narrators of this narration have been declared trustworthy, although there is weakness in some of them.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Busr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Once we were sitting in the courtyard of the house of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (perhaps meaning outside his house), when he came out to us, his blessed face shining and radiant. Seeing his face, we said: "O Messenger of Allah! May Allah Almighty keep you happy. Seeing the radiance and joy of your face has made us happy too." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Jibril has just come to me and given me the glad tidings that Allah Almighty has granted me intercession." We said: "O Messenger of Allah! Is it specifically for Banu Hashim?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No!" We asked: "Is it specifically for Quraysh?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No!" We asked: "Is it for your Ummah?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is for the sinners of my Ummah who are weighed down (with sins)."
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Abd al-Wahid al-Nasri, who is of a later period and narrates from al-Awza'i, whom I do not know; the rest of the narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "For the bad people of my Ummah, the best man is 'I'." One of the people sitting with him said to him: "O Messenger of Allah! How will you be for the good among them?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "As for the bad people of my Ummah, Allah Almighty will admit them into Paradise because of my intercession; and as for the righteous, Allah Almighty will admit them into Paradise because of their deeds."
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir. Its chain contains a narrator, Jami' bin Thawb al-Rahabi; according to the well-known view his name has a fatha on the jim and a kasra on the mim, and according to one view it is in the diminutive form (Jumay'). Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said about this narrator: "He is munkar al-hadith (his narrations are rejected)." An-Nasa'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "He is matruk al-hadith (abandoned)." Ibn Adi says: "His narrations indicate that he is da'if (weak)." The rest of the narrators of this narration are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: One day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My intercession will be for those of my Ummah who commit major sins." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Those who race ahead in good deeds will enter Paradise without any reckoning; those who take the middle course will enter Paradise through the mercy of Allah Almighty; and those who wrong themselves and the people of al-A'raf (the Heights) will enter Paradise through the intercession of Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)."
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat in abridged form from this Companion. Its chain contains a narrator, Musa bin Abd al-Rahman al-San'ani, who is a fabricator of hadith (wadda').

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) reports this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "I was given a choice between intercession and half of my Ummah entering Paradise, and I chose intercession, because it is more general and more sufficient. Do you think that it will be for the clean (that is, the God-fearing) people? No! Rather, it will be for the sinners who are stained with sins." Ziyad says: "Even though we are such people, the one who narrated this hadith to us narrated it to us in this way."
Ahmad and at-Tabarani recorded it, except that he (at-Tabarani) recorded these words: "It will not be for the God-fearing believers; rather, it will be for the sinners, the wrongdoers and those stained (with evils)." The narrators of at-Tabarani are the narrators of the Sahih, except for an-Nu'man bin Qurad, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My intercession will be for those of my Ummah who commit major sins."
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and at-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat.

In one narration in both of them the wording is: "Intercession has been made for those of my Ummah who commit major sins." Its chain contains a narrator, al-Khazraj bin Uthman, whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy), while more than one person declared him da'if (weak). The rest of the narrators of al-Bazzar are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: "Previously we used to refrain from seeking forgiveness for those who commit major sins, until we heard our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'I have kept my intercession on the Day of Resurrection stored for those of my Ummah who commit major sins.'" Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: "So we gave up the attitude we used to adopt before, and we began to have hope for those people."
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Harb bin Surayj, whom more than one person declared thiqah (trustworthy), and there is weakness in him. The rest of the narrators of this narration are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do good deeds! And do not rely (on intercession)! For my intercession is for those of my Ummah who are headed for ruin (that is, the sinners)."
At-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Amr bin Makhram, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I came to Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), and a man there was speaking. Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah! Will you permit me to speak?" He said: "Yes!" He thought that he too would speak in the same way as the other man had been speaking. Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'I hope that on the Day of Resurrection I will intercede for as many people as there are trees and stones (or clods of earth) on the earth.'" Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Mu'awiyah! You will have hope of it (intercession); then will Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) not have hope of it?"
Ahmad recorded it. Its narrators have been declared trustworthy, although there is a great deal of weakness in the narrator named Abu Isra'il al-Mula'i.

Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Are stones and trees numerous?" He said this three times, and we said: "Yes!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose Hand is my soul, my intercession will be (for people) greater in number than stones and trees."
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Sahl bin Abdullah bin Buraydah, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Unays al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "On the Day of Resurrection I will intercede for (as many people as) everything that exists on the face of the earth, of trees and stones."
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Ahmad bin Amr, a student of Ali bin al-Madini, who is known as al-Qillawri; I do not know him. The rest of the narrators of this narration have been declared trustworthy, although there is weakness in some of them.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I will come to the door of Hell and knock on its door, and it will be opened for me. I will enter it, then I will praise Allah Almighty with such praise as no one before me will have praised Allah Almighty with, nor will anyone after me praise Him in that way. Then I will bring out from there everyone who said La ilaha illallah (there is no god but Allah) with sincerity. Then some people of Quraysh will stand before me and state their lineage to me. I will recognise their lineage, but I will not recognise their faces, and I will leave them in Hell."
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; he recorded it from his teacher Ali bin Sa'id al-Razi, in whom there is some weakness, and its chain contains narrators whom I do not know.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people of Paradise will find missing some people whom they used to know in the world. They will come to the prophets, mention those people and intercede for them, and their intercession will be accepted. Those people will be called 'al-Tulaqa'' (the freed ones); all of them will be 'Tulaqa'', and the water of life will be poured over them."
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain is hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Some people from among the Muslims, who were being punished in Hell, will enter Paradise; they will (enter Paradise) through the mercy of Allah Almighty and through the intercession of the intercessors."
At-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain contains narrators whom I do not know.

Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Some people will come out of Hell, and in Paradise they will be named 'al-Jahannamiyyun' (the people of Hell). Those people will pray to Allah Almighty that this name of theirs be changed, and Allah Almighty will erase this name of theirs. When those people come out of Hell, they will grow just as a feather grows."
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Abd al-Rahman bin Ishaq, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Some people of my Ummah will be punished for their sins; they will remain in Hell for as long as Allah wills. Then the idolaters will taunt them, saying: 'We do not think that the affirmation you made and the faith you had have been of any benefit to you.' At that point Allah Almighty will bring out every believer in the Oneness of Allah (from Hell)." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "Those who disbelieved will wish that they had been Muslims." (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Hadiths narrated by Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) are mentioned in the Sahih, but without this context.
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Bassam al-Sayrafi, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) reports this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Some of the people of La ilaha illallah (there is no god but Allah) will enter Hell because of their sins. The worshippers of al-Lat and al-Uzza will say to them: 'Of what use was your saying La ilaha illallah to you, when you too are with us in Hell?' Allah Almighty will become angry for their sake (that is, for the sinful believers), and He will bring them (out of Hell) and cast them into the River of Life. They will be healed of the effects of their burning just as the moon emerges from its eclipse. Then they will enter Paradise, and the people of Paradise will give them the name 'al-Jahannamiyyun' (the people of Hell)." A man said: "O Sayyiduna Anas! Did you yourself hear this (hadith) from the mouth of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?" Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Whoever knowingly attributes a lie to me, let him prepare to take his particular seat in Hell.'" (Then Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said:) "I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say this (that is, the hadith narrated before it)."
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain contains narrators whom I do not know.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty will say: 'Bring out of Hell whoever has faith in his heart equal to the weight of a grain of barley!' Then He will say: 'Bring out of Hell whoever has faith in his heart equal to the weight of a mustard seed.' Then He will say: 'By My Might and My Majesty, whoever believed in Me for a single moment of the day or night, I will not make him like the one who did not believe in Me.'" (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: A hadith on intercession from this Companion is reported in the Sahih in a shorter form than this.
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir. Its chain contains a narrator, Tarif bin Shihab, who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: "People will keep receiving intercession and they will keep coming out of Hell, until even Iblis will raise himself up so that it (that is, intercession) may reach him too."
At-Tabarani recorded it as a mawquf narration (stopping at the Companion). Its chain contains a narrator, Kathir bin Yahya, a student of al-Basri, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Pulpits of light will be set up for the prophets, on which they will sit. Only my pulpit will remain; I will not sit on it (here the narrator is unsure about one word). I will remain standing before my Lord for the sake of my Ummah, fearing that I might be sent to Paradise while my Ummah is left behind after me. I will say: 'O my Lord! My Ummah, my Ummah!' Allah Almighty will say: 'O Muhammad! What do you want Me to do with your Ummah?' I will say: 'O my Lord! Hasten their reckoning!' Then they will be called and brought to account. Some of them will enter Paradise because of the mercy of Allah Almighty, and some of them will enter Paradise because of my intercession. I will keep on interceding, and I will keep being given people who had been sent towards Hell, until Malik, the keeper of Hell, will say: 'O Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! You have left no room for the wrath of your Lord concerning your Ummah.'"
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin Thabit al-Bunani, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this as a marfu' hadith (traced to the Prophet): The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Through the intercession of the intercessors, Allah Almighty will bring out (that is, from Hell) people who will have become foul-smelling and whom the Fire will have burnt to ashes. They will enter Paradise and will be given the name 'al-Jahannamiyyun' (the people of Hell)."
Ahmad recorded it through two routes, and the narrators of both are the narrators of the Sahih. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Some hadiths of this kind will come later in the chapter on the mercy of Allah Almighty.