Wahb bin Munabbih (may Allah have mercy on him) relates, and al-Hasan bin Abi al-Hasan mentioned it from seven men who took part in the Battle of Badr, and Wahb says that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) also narrated it to him; all of them trace this hadith back to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, on the Day of Resurrection Allah Almighty will call Nuh (peace be upon him) and his people first of all, and will ask: 'What response did you give to Nuh?' They will say: 'He did not call us, nor convey any message to us, nor advise us sincerely, nor command us to do anything or forbid us.' Then Nuh (peace be upon him) will say: 'O my Lord, I called them with an open call that was well known among the earlier and later peoples, one nation after another, until it reached the Seal of the Prophets, Ahmad (peace and blessings be upon him), and he wrote it down, read it, believed in it and affirmed it as true.' Then Allah Almighty will say to the angels: 'Call Ahmad and his Ummah.' So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Ummah will come with their light running before them. Nuh (peace be upon him) will say to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Ummah: 'Do you know that I conveyed the message to my people, strove to my utmost in advising them sincerely, and struggled to save them from the Fire secretly and openly, but my call only increased them in flight (and distance)?' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Ummah will reply: 'We bear witness to what you have adjured us about, that in everything you have said you are among the truthful.' The people of Nuh (peace be upon him) will say: 'O Ahmad, how did you and your Ummah come to know this, when we are the first of nations and you and your Ummah are the last of nations?!' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) will say: 'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Indeed, We sent Nuh to his people, (saying): Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment' [Surah Nuh: 1] . He (peace and blessings be upon him) recited the surah until he completed it. When he completed the surah, his Ummah said: 'We bear witness: Indeed, this is the true narration, and there is no god except Allah, and indeed Allah is the Almighty, the Wise' [Surah Al Imran: 62] . At that point Allah Almighty will say: 'Separate yourselves today, O criminals.' So they (the people of Nuh) will be the first to be separated into Hell."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he recited this verse, "And do not display yourselves as in the display of the former Jahiliyyah," and said: "Between Nuh and Idris (peace be upon them both) there was a period of a thousand years. There were two clans among the children of Adam (peace be upon him); one of them lived in the plains (lowlands) and the other lived in the mountains. The mountain men were handsome and their women were plain, while the women of the plains were beautiful and their men were plain. Iblis came to a man from the people of the plains in the form of a shepherd boy, and he produced a (flute) sound the like of which people had never heard before. So they made (that day) a festival at which they would gather once a year. A man from the mountain people came upon them while they were celebrating that very festival. He saw their women and their beauty, so he went to his companions and told them about it. So they moved to them (the women) and settled among them, and thus indecency spread among them. And this is the meaning of the saying of Allah Almighty: 'And do not display yourselves as in the display of the former Jahiliyyah.'" [Surah al-Ahzab: 33]

It is narrated from Wahb bin Munabbih (may Allah have mercy on him) that he was asked about Idris (peace be upon him): who he was and in what era he lived. He said: "He is the grandfather of Nuh (peace be upon him), who is called Khanukh, and he is alive in Paradise." And Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Yasar (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Idris (peace be upon him) was the first of the children of Adam to be given prophethood, and he is Akhnukh bin Yarid bin Ahlalil bin Qaynan bin Nashir bin Shith bin Adam."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Then the Prophet of Allah, Idris (peace be upon him), was a man of fair complexion, tall, with a large belly and a broad chest. The hair on his body was sparse and the hair on his head was abundant. One of his eyes was larger than the other, and on his chest there was a white spot that was not leprosy. So when Allah Almighty saw the injustice of the people of the earth and their transgression in the commands of Allah, Allah raised him up to the sixth heaven, and this is what is meant by His saying: 'And We raised him to a high station' [Surah Maryam: 57] ." Mention of Sayyiduna Ibrahim, the Intimate Friend of Allah (peace be upon him): Between him and Nuh (peace be upon him) came Hud and Salih (peace be upon them).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Busr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his blessed hand on my head and said: "This boy will live for a qarn (century)." The narrator says: So he lived for a hundred years. Al-Waqidi said: According to the saying of Allah Almighty, "And many generations (or centuries) in between" [Surah al-Furqan: 38] , between Nuh and Adam (peace be upon them both) there were ten centuries, and between Nuh and Ibrahim (peace be upon them both) there were also ten centuries. So Ibrahim (peace be upon him), the Intimate Friend of the Most Merciful, was born two thousand years after the creation of Adam (peace be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people (on the Day of Resurrection, seeking intercession) will say: 'O Ibrahim, you are the Intimate Friend of the Most Merciful; the people of the heavens and the people of the earth have heard of your intimate friendship (close friendship with Allah).'" This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say before his death: "Indeed, Allah has taken me as His khalil (intimate friend), just as He took Ibrahim (peace be upon him) as a khalil." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw pictures in the House of Allah, he did not enter until he had given an order about them, and they were removed. He (peace and blessings be upon him) saw (there) pictures of Ibrahim and Isma'il (peace be upon them both) holding divining arrows in their hands. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah destroy them (the polytheists)! By Allah, the two of them never sought to know their fortune by these arrows." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari.

Muhammad bin Ishaq (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And the lineage of Ibrahim (peace be upon him), the Intimate Friend of the Most Merciful, His chosen one and His Prophet, is as follows: Ibrahim bin Azar bin Nahur bin Sharukh bin Raghu bin Falikh bin Abir bin Shalikh bin Arfakhshadh bin Sam bin Nuh, may Allah's blessings descend upon him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: A palm appeared from the sky with a white hair between two of its fingers. It came closer and closer to the head of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) until it was right near, and it placed that hair on his head and said: "Shine with dignity." Then Allah Almighty revealed to him that he should purify himself, so he performed ablution (wudu). Then Allah revealed to him that he should purify himself, so he took a ritual bath (ghusl). Then Allah revealed to him that he should purify himself (that is, be circumcised). He was the first person whose hair turned white and the first to be circumcised. And Allah Almighty also revealed to Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) some of what He revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Qur'an. Among what was revealed to him was: "Those who repent, who worship, who praise, who travel (in devotion), who bow, who prostrate, who enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong, and who guard the limits of Allah; and give glad tidings to the believers" [Surah al-Tawbah: 112] ; and from "Successful indeed are the believers" up to His saying: "who will inherit al-Firdaws, abiding therein eternally" [Surah al-Mu'minun: 1-11] ; and this verse of Surah al-Ahzab: "Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women" to the end [Surah al-Ahzab: 35] ; and these verses of Sa'ala Sa'il (Surah al-Ma'arij): from "those who are constant in their prayer" up to His saying: "and those who stand firm in their testimonies" [Surah al-Ma'arij: 23-33] . None fulfilled these portions (commands) except Sayyiduna Ibrahim, the Intimate Friend of Allah, and Sayyiduna Muhammad, may Allah send blessings upon them both.