The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah will gather the people on the Day of Resurrection and they will be overcome with distress at it." Ibn Ubayd's wording was, "and they will be inspired to seek help.""They will say, 'If only we could ask someone to intercede for us with our Lord, so that He may relieve us of this place we are in.'"So they will come to Adam and say, 'You are Adam, the father of creation. Allah fashioned you with His own hand, breathed into you of His spirit, and commanded the angels, and they prostrated to you. Intercede for us with your Lord, that He may relieve us of this place we are in.'"He will reply, 'I am not the one for that.' And he will recall the sin he committed and feel ashamed before his Lord because of it. He will say, 'But go to Nuh, the first messenger Allah sent.'"So they will come to Nuh
, and he will say, 'I am not the one for that.' And he will recall the sin he committed and feel ashamed before his Lord because of it. He will say, 'But go to Ibrahim
, whom Allah took as an intimate friend.'"So they will come to Ibrahim
, and he will say, 'I am not the one for that.' And he will recall the sin he committed and feel ashamed before his Lord because of it. He will say, 'But go to Musa
, to whom Allah spoke and whom He gave the Torah.'"So they will come to Musa
, and he will say, 'I am not the one for that.' And he will recall the sin he committed and feel ashamed before his Lord because of it. He will say, 'But go to Isa, the spirit of Allah and His word.'"So they will come to Isa, the spirit of Allah and His word, and he will say, 'I am not the one for that. But go to Muhammad ﷺ, a servant whose earlier and later sins have all been forgiven.'"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ continued, "So they will come to me, and I will seek permission to approach my Lord, and permission will be granted. When I see Him, I will fall down in prostration, and He will leave me like that as long as He wills. Then it will be said, 'Muhammad, raise your head. Speak, and you will be heard. Ask, and you will be given. Intercede, and your intercession will be accepted.'"So I will raise my head and praise my Lord with words of praise that He Himself teaches me. Then I will intercede, and a limit will be set for me. I will bring them out of the Fire and admit them into Paradise."Then I will return and fall down in prostration, and He will leave me like that as long as He wills to leave me. Then it will be said, 'Raise your head, Muhammad. Speak, and you will be heard. Ask, and you will be given. Intercede, and your intercession will be accepted.'"So I will raise my head and praise my Lord with words of praise that He teaches me. Then I will intercede, and a limit will be set for me. I will bring them out of the Fire and admit them into Paradise."The narrator said, "I do not know whether it was on the third occasion or the fourth that he said, 'Then I will say, My Lord, none remain in the Fire except those whom the Quran has confined,'" meaning those for whom eternal punishment has been decreed.In his version, Ibn Ubayd said that Qatada explained it as meaning those for whom eternal punishment has been decreed. And in his narration of the hadith the wording was, "Then I come to Him a fourth time," or "Then I return a fourth time, and I say, My Lord, none remain except those whom the Quran has confined."
وحدثنا محمد بن المثنى، ومحمد بن بشار، قالا حدثنا ابن أبي عدي، عن سعيد، عن قتادة، عن أنس، قال قال رسول الله ﷺ يجتمع المؤمنون يوم القيامة فيهتمون بذلك أو يلهمون ذلك. بمثل حديث أبي عوانة وقال في الحديث ثم آتيه الرابعة - أو أعود الرابعة - فأقول يا رب ما بقي إلا من حبسه القرآن.