Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "I will be the first person to grasp the ring of the door of Paradise and knock on it."

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection, I will come to the gate of Paradise and request for it to be opened. The gatekeeper will ask: Who are you? I will reply: I am Muhammad. (Upon hearing this) he will say: I have been commanded regarding you that I should not open (the gate of) Paradise for anyone before you."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out and said to his companions: "You all walk ahead of me and leave the space behind me (my back) empty for the angels."

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah Bahili (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My mother saw that a light emerged from her, which illuminated the palaces of Shaam."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I asked my Lord a question, but later I wished I had not asked it, for it would have been better. I said: O my Lord! Many messengers have passed before me; You subjected the winds for some, some (by Your permission) revived the dead, and You spoke directly to Musa (peace be upon him). Allah Almighty said: Did I not find you an orphan and give you shelter? Did I not find you lost and guide you? Did I not find you poor and enrich you? Did I not expand your breast and relieve you of your burden? I said: Yes (thus Allah Almighty silenced me). I wished I had not asked the question."

Khalid bin Ma'dan narrates from the companions of the Messenger that they said: O Messenger of Allah! Tell us about yourself. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, I am the supplication of my father Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and the glad tidings of Isa (peace be upon him). When my mother conceived me, she saw that a light came out from her by which the palaces of Shaam were illuminated. I was nursed among the tribe of Banu Sa'd bin Bakr. There, I was grazing sheep when two men came to me, wearing white clothes. They had a golden basin filled with snow. They laid me down, split open my belly, took out my heart, split it, and removed a black clot of blood from it and threw it away. Then they washed my heart and belly with snow. When they had cleansed them, they returned them to their places. Then one of them said: Weigh him against ten men from his nation. So they weighed me against ten men, and I outweighed them. Then he said: Weigh him against a hundred men from his nation. So he weighed me against a hundred (100) men, and I outweighed them. Then he said: Weigh him against a thousand men. So he weighed me against a thousand men, and I outweighed them. (Finally) he said: Leave it, for if you weigh him against his entire nation, he will still outweigh them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "I was weighed against one thousand individuals from my Ummah, and I was heavier (and their side of the scale was raised so high that) they began to fall upon me from it."

Sayyiduna Ubadah bin Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that someone said: O Messenger of Allah! Inform us about yourself. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, I am the supplication of Ibrahim (peace be upon him), and the last to give glad tidings of me was Sayyiduna Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him)."