The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah will gather the people on the Day of Resurrection and they will be anxious about it," and Ibn Ubayd's version says, "they will be inspired about it," and they will say, "If only we sought someone to intercede for us with our Lord, so that He might relieve us of this place we are in."So they will come to Adam and say, "You are Adam, the father of creation. Allah created 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 say, "I am not the one for that." He will remember the sin he committed and feel ashamed before his Lord because of it. "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." He will remember the sin he committed and feel ashamed before his Lord because of it. "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." He will remember the sin he committed and feel ashamed before his Lord because of it. "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." He will remember the sin he committed and feel ashamed before his Lord because of it. "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 said, "So they will come to me, and I will ask permission of my Lord and it will be granted to me. When I see Him, I will fall prostrate, and He will leave me like that as long as Allah wills. Then it will be said, 'Muhammad, raise your head. Speak, you will be heard. Ask, you will be given. Intercede, your intercession will be accepted.' So I will raise my head and praise my Lord with words of praise that my Lord teaches me. Then I will intercede, and a limit will be set for me, and I will bring them out of the Fire and admit them into Paradise.Then I will return and fall prostrate again, and He will leave me like that as long as Allah wills to leave me. Then it will be said, 'Raise your head, Muhammad. Speak, you will be heard. Ask, you will be given. Intercede, your intercession will be accepted.' So I will raise my head and praise my Lord with words of praise He teaches me. Then I will intercede, and a limit will be set for me, and 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 or the fourth time that he said, 'Then I will say, My Lord, none remain in the Fire but those whom the Quran has confined,'" meaning those for whom eternal punishment has been decreed.Ibn Ubayd said in his narration that Qatada said, meaning those for whom eternal punishment has been decreed. In the hadith of both of them it is mentioned that on the fourth time he said, "Then I will say, My Lord, none remain in the Fire but those whom the Quran has confined," meaning those for whom eternal punishment has been decreed.
حدثنا محمد بن المثنى، حدثنا معاذ بن هشام، قال حدثني أبي، عن قتادة، عن أنس بن مالك، أن نبي الله ﷺ قال يجمع الله المؤمنين يوم القيامة فيلهمون لذلك بمثل حديثهما وذكر في الرابعة فأقول يا رب ما بقي في النار إلا من حبسه القرآن أى وجب عليه الخلود.