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ahmad-zuhd:2010ʿAbdullāh from my father > Ḥusayn > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Yūnus > al-Ḥasan > Rasūl Allāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man will be saved from the Fire through the intercession of a person who is not a prophet; he is more than Rabee'ah and Mudar." Al-Hasan said, "They used to think that he was Uthman or Uwais al-Qarni."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٠١٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَيَخْرُجَنَّ مِنَ النَّارِ بِشَفَاعَةِ رَجُلٍ مَا هُوَ نَبِيٌّ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ رَبِيعَةَ وَمُضَرَ» قَالَ الْحَسَنُ وَكَانُوا يَرَوْنَهُ أَنَّهُ عُثْمَانُ ؓ أَوْ أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ ؓ   


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ahmad-zuhd:671ʿAbdullāh > Abū ʿĀmir al-ʿAqadī > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Yūnus > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'By the One in whose hand is my soul, there will emerge from the Fire through the intercession of a man from my Ummah, more people than the tribes of Rabi'ah and Mudar.' Al-Hasan said, 'They used to think that 'Uthman bin 'Affan was the one being referred to or perhaps Uwais Al-Qarani.'"  

الزهد لأحمد:٦٧١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَيَخْرُجُ مِنَ النَّارِ بِشَفَاعَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي مَا هُوَ مِنْ بَيْتِي أَكْثَرُ مِنْ رَبِيعَةَ وَمُضَرَ» قَالَ الْحَسَنُ كَانُوا يَرَوْنَهُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ رَحِمَهُ [105] اللَّهُ أَوْ أُوَيْسًا الْقَرَنِيَّ