It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that meat was brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the meat of the foreleg was presented to him, which he greatly liked. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) tore the meat from it with his teeth and then said: On the Day of Resurrection, I will be the leader of the people. Do you know how this will be? Allah Almighty will gather all the first and the last people in one plain. They will all be gathered in such a way that a caller will be able to make everyone hear his voice, and the sight of the onlooker will reach all of them. The sun will have come extremely close, and people will be afflicted with unbearable grief and distress. In this state, they will say to one another: Do you not see what has happened to you? Do you not see the situation you are facing? Look for someone who can intercede for you before your Lord. Some people will say: Your father Adam (peace be upon him) is the one who can do this. Then the people will go to Adam (peace be upon him) and say: O Adam! You are the father of mankind, Allah Almighty created you with His own hand, breathed into you of His spirit, and commanded the angels to prostrate to you. Please intercede for us before your Lord. How much distress we are facing! Do you not see how troubled we are? Adam (peace be upon him) will reply: My Lord is so angry today as He has never been before and will never be again. He forbade me to go near a certain tree, but I disobeyed Him. Myself! Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to someone else, go to Nuh (peace be upon him). So the people will go to Nuh (peace be upon him) and say: O Nuh! You were the first of the messengers sent by Allah to the people of the earth, and Allah called you a grateful servant. Please intercede for us before your Lord today. Do you not see our miserable state? Do you not see our distress? Nuh (peace be upon him) will say: My Lord is so angry today as He has never been before and will never be again. I made a supplication regarding the punishment of my people. Myself! Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to someone else, go to Ibrahim (peace be upon him). Then the people will go to Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and say: O Ibrahim! You are Allah’s prophet and His close friend among all mankind. Please intercede for us before your Lord. Do you not see our distress and miserable state? Ibrahim (peace be upon him) will say: My Lord is so angry today as He has never been before and will never be again. Then he will mention his lies (and will refuse to intercede). Myself! Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to someone else, go to Musa (peace be upon him). So the people will go to Musa (peace be upon him) and say: O Musa! You are the messenger of Allah. Allah chose you from among mankind for His message and for speaking to Him. Please intercede for us before your Lord. See how distressed and afflicted we are. Musa (peace be upon him) will say: My Lord is so angry today as He has never been before and will never be again. I killed a man whom I was not commanded to kill. Myself! Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to someone else, go to Isa (peace be upon him). The people will go to Isa (peace be upon him) and say: O Isa! You are the messenger of Allah and His word which He cast to Sayyida Maryam (peace be upon her), and you are a spirit created by Allah in a special way. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes, this is true. And you spoke to people in the cradle. Please intercede for us before your Lord. See how distressed we are. Isa (peace be upon him) will say: My Lord is so angry today as He has never been before and will never be again. He will not mention any sin. Go to someone else, go to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Then the people will come to me and say: O Muhammad! You are the messenger of Allah and the seal of the prophets. Allah has forgiven all your past and future sins. Please intercede for us before your Lord. See how distressed and troubled we are. I will go and prostrate under the Throne before my Lord. At that time, Allah Almighty will inspire me with such words of praise and glorification as He has never taught anyone before me. Finally, it will be said from Allah: O Muhammad! Raise your head from prostration, ask and you will be given, intercede and your intercession will be accepted. I will say: O my Lord! My ummah, my ummah! O my Lord! My ummah, my ummah! O my Lord! My ummah, my ummah! O my Lord! Then Allah Almighty will say: O Muhammad! Take those of your ummah who will have no reckoning through the rightmost gate of Paradise, and they will also have the right to enter through the other gates. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: By Him in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad! The distance between the two leaves of the gate of Paradise is as far as between Makkah and Hajar, or between Makkah and the city of Busra.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On the Day of Resurrection, the people of faith will gather together, and it will be inspired to them, so they will say: We should appoint someone as an intercessor so that he may intercede for us before Allah Almighty, so that He may deliver us from this place. Thus, they will go to Adam (peace be upon him) and say to him: O Adam! You are the father of mankind, Allah Almighty created you with His own hand, made the angels prostrate to you, and taught you the names of all things. Please intercede for us before your Lord so that He may deliver us from this place. Adam (peace be upon him) will say: I do not have the courage for this, then he will mention his mistake and will excuse himself from interceding before his Lord, and will say: You people should go to Noah (peace be upon him), he is the first Messenger of Allah Almighty who was sent to the people of the earth. So they will go to Noah (peace be upon him) and request him for intercession, but he too will excuse himself, saying that he cannot do this, then he will mention his mistake that he made a supplication to Allah Almighty about something he did not know, and because of this he will excuse himself from going before his Lord, and will say: You people should go to Allah’s friend, Ibrahim (peace be upon him). So they will go to him, but he too will say that he cannot do this, and will advise them: You people should go to Musa (peace be upon him), he is such a chosen servant of Allah Almighty that Allah spoke to him directly and gave him the Torah. Therefore, the people will go to Musa (peace be upon him), but he too will excuse himself, saying: I killed a man without reason, and because of this he will excuse himself from going before Allah Almighty, and will say: You people should go to Isa (peace be upon him), he is a chosen servant of Allah Almighty, His Messenger, His Word, and His Spirit. So the people will go to Isa (peace be upon him), but he too, excusing himself, will say: I cannot do this, however, you people should go to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), he is the chosen servant of Allah Almighty and Allah has forgiven all his past and future sins. After that, the people will come to me, and after hearing their request, I will walk between the two groups of the believers and go to my Lord and seek permission. I will be granted permission and, seeing my Lord, I will fall in prostration before Him. Allah Almighty will allow me to remain in prostration as long as He wills. Then it will be said: O Muhammad! Raise your head, speak, you will be heard; ask, you will be given; intercede, your intercession will be accepted. Then I will raise my head and praise Allah Almighty with such praises as He will teach me at that time. Then I will intercede and a limit will be set for me that you may take such and such people into Paradise. I will take them into Paradise and return again, and upon seeing my Lord, I will fall in prostration before Him. Allah Almighty will allow me to remain in prostration as long as He wills. Then it will be said to me: O Muhammad! Raise your head, speak, you will be heard; ask, you will be given; intercede, your intercession will be accepted. I will raise my head from prostration and praise Allah Almighty with such praises as He will teach me at that time. Then I will intercede and a limit will be set for me that you may take such and such people into Paradise. I will come for the third time and, seeing my Lord, I will fall in prostration before Him, and I will remain in prostration as long as Allah Almighty wills. Then it will be said to me: O Muhammad! Raise your head, speak, you will be heard; ask, you will be given; intercede, your intercession will be accepted. I will raise my head from prostration and praise Allah Almighty with such praises as He will teach me at that time. Then I will intercede and a limit will be set for me that you may take such and such people into Paradise. After admitting them into Paradise, I will come for the fourth time and say: O Lord! Now only those people remain in Hell whom the Qur’an has detained (i.e., about whom the Qur’an has said that they will remain in Hell forever).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every person who has recited LAA ILAAHA ILLALLAH and in whose heart there is faith equal to a grain of barley will be taken out of Hell. Then, after that, every person who has recited LAA ILAAHA ILLALLAH and in whose heart there is faith equal to a grain of wheat will also be taken out of Hell. Thereafter, every person who has recited LAA ILAAHA ILLALLAH and in whose heart there is faith equal to the smallest particle will also be taken out of Hell.

It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: My Ummah will be crossing the Bridge of Sirat and I will be standing waiting for them, when Isa (peace be upon him) will come to me and say: O Muhammad! All the Prophets have gathered for your sake, they are requesting Allah Almighty that all the nations who are afflicted with grief, may He remove them from it and begin their reckoning and send them wherever He wills, while sweat will be reaching up to the mouths of all people. The suffering of the believers will be like that of a cold, and upon the disbelievers, the state of death will prevail. You (peace and blessings be upon him) will say to Isa (peace be upon him): Wait, I will return to you. Then you (peace and blessings be upon him) will go and stand under the Throne of Allah Almighty and will remember Allah in such a way that neither any close angel nor any sent Prophet has been granted. Meanwhile, Allah Almighty will reveal to Jibril (peace be upon him): Go and say to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): Raise your head and ask, you will be given; intercede, your intercession will be accepted. So much intercession of yours for your Ummah will be accepted that you will take one person out of every ninety-nine from Hell and bring him into Paradise. Then you (peace and blessings be upon him) will keep going to Allah Almighty again and again, and each time your intercession will continue to be accepted, until Allah Almighty will say: O Muhammad! Out of all the individuals Allah Almighty created in your Ummah, whoever bore witness with sincerity to La ilaha illallah and died upon it, admit him into Paradise.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) that one day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the Fajr prayer and remained seated until the time of Duha (forenoon) arrived. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled, and after that, he continued to sit there until he performed the Zuhr, Asr, and Maghrib prayers in the same place and did not speak to anyone. When he performed the Isha prayer and got up to go to his family, the people said to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him): Will you not ask the Messenger of Allah what is the reason that today he has done such an act which he has never done before? So Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He replied: Yes, today everything that is to happen in this world and the Hereafter was presented before me. The first and the last of mankind will be gathered in a vast plain, where they will be in severe distress and agony. They will go to Adam (peace be upon him), and sweat will reach up to their mouths. They will say: O Adam! You are the father of mankind, Allah selected you from among the creation, intercede for us with your Lord. He will say: I am also in the same distress as you are, so go to your other father, Nuh (peace be upon him), after me. The command of Allah Almighty is: {اِنَّ اللّٰہَ اصْطَفٰٓی اٰدَمَ وَ نُوْحًا وَّ اٰلَ اِبْرَھِیْمَ وَ اٰلَ عِمْرٰنَ عَلٰی الْعٰلَمِیْنَ} (Indeed, Allah chose Adam, Nuh, the family of Ibrahim, and the family of Imran above all the worlds.) So the people will go to Nuh (peace be upon him) and request him to intercede for them with his Lord, for Allah chose him from among the people and accepted his supplication, as a result of which He did not leave a single disbeliever on earth. But Nuh (peace be upon him) will excuse himself, saying: I cannot do this, go to Ibrahim (peace be upon him), Allah made him His Khalil (close friend). So they will go to Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and mention their case to him, but he too will excuse himself, saying: I cannot do this, go to Musa (peace be upon him), Allah granted him the honor of speaking directly to Him. But Musa (peace be upon him) will also say: I cannot do this, go to Isa (peace be upon him), Allah gave him the special ability to cure those born blind, heal lepers, and bring the dead to life. But Isa (peace be upon him) will also say: I cannot do this, but go to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), the leader of the children of Adam. On the Day of Resurrection, the earth will split open for him first, and he will be the first to rise. So go to him, he can intercede for you with your Lord.

Meanwhile, Jibril (peace be upon him) will come to Allah Almighty, and Allah will command him: Give permission to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and give him glad tidings of Paradise. Jibril (peace be upon him) will take him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) will perform a long prostration before Allah, as long as a week. Finally, Allah will say: O Muhammad! Raise your head, speak and you will be heard, intercede and your intercession will be accepted. He (peace and blessings be upon him) will raise his head, but as soon as he sees his Lord, he will again fall into prostration and remain in prostration for a week. Then Allah will say: Raise your head, speak and you will be heard, intercede and your intercession will be accepted. He will again begin to prostrate, and Jibril (peace be upon him) will take hold of his arms. Then Allah will teach him such supplications as He has never taught anyone before. He (peace and blessings be upon him) will say: O my Lord! You made me the leader of the children of Adam, I do not boast about it. On the Day of Resurrection, I will be the first to rise from the earth, I do not boast about it. And more people will come to my pond to drink than the number of people who can fit between Sana and Aylah. Then it will be announced: Call the Siddiqeen (the truthful), they will come and intercede for the sinners. Then it will be announced: Call the Prophets, so a Prophet will come with a small group of followers, some Prophets will have five, some six followers, and some Prophets will have no one with them. Then it will be announced: Call the martyrs, they too will intercede for whomever they wish. When the martyrs have finished interceding, Allah will say: I am the Most Merciful of the merciful, take to Paradise everyone who did not associate partners with Me. So such people will enter Paradise. Then Allah will say: Look into Hell, do you see anyone who has ever done any good deed? So a man in Hell will be asked: Did you ever do any good deed? He will say: No, I never did any good deed, but when buying and selling, I used to be lenient with people. Allah will say: Just as he was lenient with My servants, you also be lenient with this servant of Mine. After that, another man will be brought out from Hell, and he will be asked if he ever did any good deed. He will say: No, but I told my son that when I die, burn me with fire, then crush my ashes, and when I become as fine as kohl, scatter my ashes towards the sea in the wind. By Allah, by doing so, the Lord of the worlds will have no power over me. Allah will say to him: Why did you do this? He will say: O Allah! Out of fear of You. Allah will say: Imagine the kingdom of the greatest king, you will be given that and ten times more in Paradise. Upon hearing this, he will say: O Allah! You are the King, why are You joking with me? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This was the matter because of which I smiled at the time of Duha.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: On the Day of Resurrection, the earth will split open first from my being, and I do not take pride in this. On the Day of Resurrection, I will be given the banner of praise, and I do not take pride in this. On the Day of Resurrection, I will be the leader of all people, and I do not take pride in this. And on the Day of Resurrection, I will be the first to enter Paradise, and I do not take pride in this. I will go to the door of Paradise and hold its ring. They will ask: Who is it? I will say: I am Muhammad. Then they will open the door of Paradise for me. When I enter Paradise, Allah Almighty will be before me. I will fall into prostration before Him. Allah Almighty will say: O Muhammad! Raise your head, speak, your word will be heard, say, your word will be accepted, intercede, your intercession will be accepted. So I will raise my head from prostration and say: O Lord! My ummah, my ummah. Allah Almighty will say: Go to your ummah and bring into Paradise every person in whose heart there is faith equal to a grain of barley. I will go and whoever I find in whose heart there is such faith, I will admit him into Paradise. Then when Allah Almighty comes before me, I will fall into prostration before Him again. Allah Almighty will say: O Muhammad! Raise your head, speak, your word will be heard, speak, your word will be accepted, intercede, your intercession will be accepted. So I will raise my head from prostration and say: O Lord! My ummah, my ummah. Allah Almighty will say: Go to your ummah and bring into Paradise every person in whose heart there is faith equal to half a grain of barley. So I will go and whoever I find in whose heart there is such faith, I will bring them into Paradise. Then Allah Almighty will be before me and I will again fall into prostration before Him. Allah Almighty will say: O Muhammad! Raise your head, say, your word will be heard, say, your word will be accepted, intercede, your intercession will be accepted. I will raise my head from prostration and say: O Lord! My ummah, my ummah. Allah Almighty will say: Go to your ummah and bring into Paradise every person in whose heart there is faith equal to a mustard seed. So whoever I find in whose heart there is such faith, I will bring them into Paradise. Meanwhile, Allah Almighty, after finishing the reckoning of the people, will have admitted the remaining people of my ummah into Hell with the people of Hell, but the people of Hell will say to them: You used to worship Allah Almighty alone and did not associate anyone with Him, but this did not benefit you. Then Allah Almighty will say: By My honor, I will surely free these people from Hell. Then Allah Almighty will send angels towards them, so they will be taken out of Hell, while they will have become blackened by burning. Then they will be thrown into the river of life, and there they will grow as seeds grow in the debris and foam carried by a flood. It will be written between their eyes, that is, on their foreheads, that these are the servants freed by Allah Almighty. Then they will be admitted into Paradise. The people of Paradise will call them the people of Hell, but Allah Almighty will say: No, rather these are those freed by Allah Almighty.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husain, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Because of the intercession of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, a group will be taken out from Hell; they will be called by the name "the people of Hell."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhaifah bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: As a result of the intercession of those who intercede, Allah Almighty will remove a group from Hell who will have been burnt and scorched by the fire, turning them black. Then He will admit them into Paradise, and they will be called "Jahannamis" (people of Hell). The narrator of the hadith, Hajjaj, has used the word "Jahannamiyin" instead of "Jahannamis."

(Second chain) The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Some people will be taken out from Hell, after the fire has burnt them and turned them black and dark; they will be called "the people of Hell."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On the Day of Resurrection, when the people of faith will be saved from Hell and will be at ease, no believer in the world will dispute as much about his right as these believers will dispute with their Lord about their believing brothers who have been admitted to Hell. They will say: O our Lord! They are our brothers, they used to pray with us, fast with us, perform Hajj with us, yet You have admitted them to Hell. Allah Almighty will say: Go, bring out from them whomever you recognize. They will go to them and recognize them by their faces, for the fire will not burn their faces. Among them, some will have been burnt by the fire up to half their shins, and some up to their ankles. They will bring them out and say: O our Lord! We have brought out those whom You allowed us to bring out. Allah Almighty will say: Whoever has faith in his heart equal to a dinar, bring him out as well. Then He will say: Whoever has faith in his heart equal to half a dinar, bring him out as well. This process will continue until Allah Almighty will say: Whoever has faith in his heart equal to the weight of a particle, bring him out as well. Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever does not believe in this hadith, let him recite this verse: {اِنَّ اللّٰہَ لَا یَظْلِمُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّۃٍ وَّ اِنْ تَکُ حَسَنَۃً یُّضٰعِفْھَا وَ یُؤْتِ مِنْ لَّدُنْہُ اَجْرًا عَظِیْمًا} (Indeed, Allah does not wrong [even] as much as an atom’s weight; and if there is a good deed, He multiplies it and gives from Himself a great reward). The people of faith will say: O our Lord! We have brought out those whom You allowed us to bring out; now there is no one left in Hell who has any good in his heart. Allah Almighty will say: The angels have interceded, the Prophets have interceded, and the believers have interceded; now only the Most Merciful of the merciful remains. Then Allah Almighty will take out, with one or two handfuls, such people from Hell who never did any good, and they will have become coals from burning. Then they will be brought to the water of life and it will be poured over them, and they will grow as seeds grow in the debris and foam left by a flood. They will emerge from their bodies shining like pearls. On their necks will be a seal on which will be written: ‘The freed ones of Allah.’ It will be said to them: Enter Paradise, and whatever you desire and whatever you see will be yours. And for you, with Me, there is something even better than this. They will say: O our Lord! What could be better than this? Allah Almighty will say: It is My pleasure upon you, so now I will never be displeased with you.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: On the Day of Resurrection, Allah Almighty will make some people highly honored in such a way that they will never have done any good deed, but after the intercession of the intercessors, by His mercy, He will take them out of the Fire and admit them into Paradise, even though they will have been burnt there.