Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 389-404

Chapter 85: Regarding the saying of the Prophet (saws): "I will be the first of the people to intercede concerning Paradise, and I will be the Prophet with the Greatest Number of Followers."

Anas b. Malik reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I would be the first among people to intercede in the Paradise and amongst the apostles I would have the largest following (on the Day of Resurrection). (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 389)

Anas b. Malik reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Amongst the apostles I would have the largest following on the Day of Resurrection, and I would be the first to knock at the door of Paradise. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 390)

Anas b. Malik said:

The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) said: I would be the first intercessor in the Paradise and no apostle amongst the apostles has been testified (by such a large number of people) as I have been testified. And verily there would be an apostle among the apostles who would be testified to by only one man from his people. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 391)

Anas b. Malik reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I will come to the gate of Paradise on the Day of Resurrection. and would seek its opening. and the keeper would say: Who art thou? I would say: Muhammad. He would then say: It is for thee that I have been ordered, and not to open it for anyone before thee. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 392)

Chapter 86: The Prophet (saws) will defer his supplication in order to intercede for his ummah.

Abu Huraira reported:

Verity the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: There is for every apostle a (special) prayer with which he would pray. I wish I could reserve, my prayer for intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 393)

Abu Huraira reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: There is for every apostle a prayer, and I intend (if Allah so willed) that I would reserve my prayer for the intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 394)

'Amr b. Abu Sufyan transmitted a hadith like this from Abu Huraira who narrated it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 395)

Amr b. Abu Sufyan reported:

Abu Huraira said to Ka'b al-Ahbar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had said: For every apostle there Is a (special) prayer by which he would pray (to his Lord). I, however, intend (if Allah so willed) that I would reserve my prayer for the intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection. Ka'b said to Abu Huraira: Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)? Abu Huraira said: Yes. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 396)

Abu Huraira said:

The Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) said: There is for every apostle a prayer which is granted, but every prophet showed haste in his prayer. I have, however, reserved my prayer for the intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection, and it would be granted, if Allah so willed, in case of everyone amongst my Ummah provided he dies without associating anything with Allah. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 397)

Abu Huraira said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Every Messenger is endowed with a prayer which is granted and by which he would (pray to his Lord) and it would he granted for him. I have, however, reserved my prayer for the intercession of my Ummab on the Day of Resurrection. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 398)

Abu Huraira reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: There was for every apostle a prayer with which he prayed for his Ummah and it was granted to him; but I wish, if Allah so wills, to defer my prayer for the intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 399)

Anas b. Malik reported:

Verily the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: There is for every apostle a prayer with which he prays (to Allah) for his Ummah. I have reserved my prayer for the intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 400)

This hadith is narrated with the same chain of narrators by Qatada. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 401)

Mis'ar transmitted it with the same chain of narrators from Qatada except that in the hadith narrated by Waki' (the Prophet) said:

" He was endowed," and in the hadith reported by Abu Usama (the words are):" It is reported from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)." (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 402)

Muhammad b. 'Abd al-A'la reported it to me:

Mu'tamir narrated to us on the authority of his father who transmitted it liom Anas that verity the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, and then narrated the hadith like the one transmitted by Qatada on the authority of Anas. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 403)

Abu Zubair heard Jabir b. Abdullah reporting it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ):

For every apostle was a prayer with which he prayed (to his Lord) for his Ummah, but I have reserved my prayer for the intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 404)