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bukhari:6305 – Lī Khalīfah > Muʿtamir from my father > Anas

that the Prophet ﷺ said, "For every prophet there is an invocation that surely will be responded by Allah," (or said), "For every prophet there was an invocation with which he appealed to Allah, and his invocation was accepted (in his lifetime), but I kept my (this special) invocation to intercede for my followers on the Day of Resurrection."  

البخاري:٦٣٠٥ – وَقَالَ لِي خَلِيفَةُ قَالَ مُعْتَمِرٌ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كُلُّ نَبِيٍّ سَأَلَ سُؤْلاً أَوْ قَالَ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ قَدْ دَعَا بِهَا فَاسْتُجِيبَ فَجَعَلْتُ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لأُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

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muslim:201 – Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū Khalaf > Rawḥ > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

For every apostle was a prayer with which he prayed (to his Lord) for his Ummah, but I have reserved my prayer for the intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection.  

مسلم:٢٠١ – وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ قَدْ دَعَا بِهَا فِي أُمَّتِهِ وَخَبَأْتُ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لأُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

ahmad:13705 – ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Every prophet has a supplication with which he supplicated and he was answered, and indeed I have kept my supplication as intercession for my nation on the Day of Resurrection."  

أحمد:١٣٧٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ دَعَا بِهَا فَاسْتُجِيبَ لَهُ وَإِنِّي اسْتَخْبَأْتُ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لِأُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

ahmad:13290 – ʿĀrim > Muʿtamir > Abū > Anas

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Every prophet has been asked a question or has made a supplication, and I have kept my supplication as an intercession for my nation on the Day of Resurrection, or as he said."  

أحمد:١٣٢٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَارِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ كُلُّ نَبِيٍّ قَدْ سَأَلَ سُؤَالًا أَوْ قَالَ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ قَدْ دَعَا بِهَا فَاسْتَخْبَأْتُ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لِأُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ  

ahmad:12376 – Bahz And ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "Indeed, every prophet has a supplication that they called upon and it was answered for them. And I have kept my supplication as an intercession for my nation on the Day of Resurrection."  

أحمد:١٢٣٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ وَعَفَّانُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةً قَدْ دَعَا بِهَا فَاسْتُجِيبَ لَهُ وَإِنِّي اسْتَخْبَأْتُ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لِأُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ أَبْطَلَ شَفَاعَةَ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ لِأُمَّتِهِ فِي الْقِيَامَةِ زَعَمَ أَنَّ الشَّفَاعَةَ هُوَ اسْتِغْفَارُهُ لِأُمَّتِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا

ibnhibban:6469 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Mūsá ʿAbdān > Muḥammad b. Maʿmar > Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Every prophet has a prayer that he has made for his nation, and I have kept my prayer as an intercession for my nation on the Day of Judgment."  

ابن حبّان:٦٤٦٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَبْدَانُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ قَدْ دَعَاهَا فِي أُمَّتِهِ وَإِنِّي اخْتَبَأْتُ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لِأُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ بِأَنَّ الشَّفَاعَةَ هِيَ الدَّعْوَةُ الَّتِي أَخَّرَهَا ﷺ لِأُمَّتِهِ فِي الْعُقْبَى

ibnhibban:6460 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Mūsá Biʿaskar Mukram > Muḥammad b. Maʿmar > Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Every Prophet has a supplication that he made for his nation, and I have saved my supplication as an intercession for my nation on the Day of Resurrection."  

ابن حبّان:٦٤٦٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُوسَى بِعَسْكَرَ مُكْرَمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ قَدْ دَعَا بِهَا فِي أُمَّتِهِ وَإِنِّي اخْتَبَأْتُ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لِأُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»  

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السيوطي:١٧٥١٣a –

"لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ قَدْ دَعَا بِهَا فِي أُمَّتِه، وَإِنِّي خَبَّأتُ دَعْوَتِى شَفَاعَةً لأُمَّتِى يَوْمَ الْقيَامَةِ".  

[حم] أحمد [م] مسلم وابن خزيمة عن جابر
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السيوطي:٦٩٠٠a –

"إِنَّ لكلِّ نبىٍّ دعوةً قدْ دعا بِها في أُمَّتِهِ فاسْتُجِيبَ لهُ، وَإنِّى اخْتَبأتُ دعوتى شَفَاعَةً لأُمَّتِى يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم ، وابن خزيمة عن أنس، [حم] أحمد وابن خزيمة، وأَبو عوانة، [حب] ابن حبّان عن جابر