Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) gathered together. Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) began narrating the sayings of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) to Sayyiduna Ka'b, and he began telling him things from the previous scriptures. Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: For every prophet, there is one accepted supplication, and I have kept this supplication hidden, so that I may intercede for my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Every prophet has been granted an accepted supplication by Allah Almighty; every prophet hastened to use it (and received it in this world), but I have postponed mine to intercede for my Ummah.

Abu Nadrah says: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) addressed us from the pulpit of Basra and said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every prophet was given one accepted supplication, and each of them used that supplication in this world. However, I have kept my supplication hidden to intercede for my Ummah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) what answer did your Lord give you regarding your request for intercession? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: By Him in Whose hand is the life of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! I thought that you would be the first among my Ummah to ask me about this, because I have found you eager for knowledge. By Him in Whose hands is the life of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! To me, the fulfillment of my intercession is more important than the crowds of people at the gates of Paradise, and this intercession of mine will be for every person who bears witness with sincerity to the Oneness of Allah Almighty in such a way that his heart confirms what his tongue says, and his tongue confirms what is in his heart.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I was given the choice between two things: either I may intercede or half of my Ummah may enter Paradise. I chose intercession, because it is broader and more general, and it will suffice for more people. Do you think that my intercession is for the pious people? No, no, it is for those who are involved in sins, those who are sinners. Ziyad said: In this text, reading الْخَطَّاؤُوْنَ is a mistake; nevertheless, those who narrated to us have narrated it in this way.

It is narrated from the wife of the Messenger, Sayyida Umm Habiba (may Allah be pleased with her), that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I saw how my Ummah would fall into various sins after me, they would even shed each other's blood, and this decision from Allah Almighty has been made just as it was for the previous nations. Therefore, I requested Allah Almighty to grant me permission to intercede for them on the Day of Judgment, and so He accepted my supplication.

Sayyiduna Buraidah Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) went to Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), and there was a man there speaking inappropriately about Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Buraidah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him): "Muawiyah! Allow me to speak." Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Go ahead, speak," thinking that he would speak like that man. But Sayyiduna Buraidah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'I hope that on the Day of Resurrection I will intercede for people equal to the number of trees and bricks on the face of the earth.' Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him)! Now tell me, can you be hopeful for this intercession and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) cannot?"