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darimi:2847al-Ḥakam b. Nāfiʿ > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: There is for every apostle a prayer, and I intend (if Allah so willed) that I would reserve my prayer for the intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection. (Using translation from Muslim 198b)  

الدارمي:٢٨٤٧أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ وَأُرِيدُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَنْ أَخْتَبِئَ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لِأُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Mālik, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
bukhari:6304Ismāʿīl > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "For every prophet there is one (special invocation (that will not be rejected) with which he appeals (to Allah), and I want to keep such an invocation for interceding for my followers in the Hereafter."  

البخاري:٦٣٠٤حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ مُسْتَجَابَةٌ يَدْعُو بِهَا وَأُرِيدُ أَنْ أَخْتَبِئَ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لأُمَّتِي فِي الآخِرَةِ  

bukhari:7474Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "For every Prophet there is one invocation which is definitely fulfilled by Allah, and I wish, if Allah will, to keep my that (special) invocation as to be the intercession for my followers on the Day of Resurrection."  

البخاري:٧٤٧٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ فَأُرِيدُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ أَخْتَبِيَ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لأُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

muslim:198aYūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Mālik b. Anas > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

Verity the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: There is for every apostle a (special) prayer with which he would pray. I wish I could reserve, my prayer for intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection.  

مسلم:١٩٨aحَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ يَدْعُوهَا فَأُرِيدُ أَنْ أَخْتَبِئَ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لأُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

muslim:198bZuhayr b. Ḥarb And ʿAbd b. Ḥumayd > Zuhayr > Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm from my cousin Ibn Shihāb from his uncle > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: There is for every apostle a prayer, and I intend (if Allah so willed) that I would reserve my prayer for the intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection.  

مسلم:١٩٨bوَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَخِي ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ وَأَرَدْتُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ أَخْتَبِئَ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لأُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

muslim:199cʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh al-ʿAnbarī from my father > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad / Ibn Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: There was for every apostle a prayer with which he prayed for his Ummah and it was granted to him; but I wish, if Allah so wills, to defer my prayer for the intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection.  

مسلم:١٩٩cحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ دَعَا بِهَا فِي أُمَّتِهِ فَاسْتُجِيبَ لَهُ وَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ أُؤَخِّرَ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لأُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

muslim:200aAbū Ghassān al-Mismaʿī And Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār Ḥaddathānā Wa-al-Lafẓ Lʾabī Ghassān > Muʿādh Yaʿnūn Ibn Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

Verily the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: There is for every apostle a prayer with which he prays (to Allah) for his Ummah. I have reserved my prayer for the intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection.  

مسلم:٢٠٠aحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو غَسَّانَ الْمِسْمَعِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَانَا وَاللَّفْظُ لأَبِي غَسَّانَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ يَعْنُونَ ابْنَ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ دَعَاهَا لأُمَّتِهِ وَإِنِّي اخْتَبَأْتُ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لأُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

malik:15-28Yaḥyá > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Every prophet is given a supplication (dua), and I wish to preserve my dua as intercession for my community in the next world.  

مالك:١٥-٢٨حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ يَدْعُو بِهَا فَأُرِيدُ أَنْ أَخْتَبِئَ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لأُمَّتِي فِي الآخِرَةِ  

ahmad:14111ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, every prophet has a supplication, and I have kept my supplication as intercession for my Ummah (community) on the Day of Resurrection."  

أحمد:١٤١١١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةً وَإِنِّي اخْتَبَأْتُ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لِأُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

آخِرُ مُسْنَدِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ
ahmad:13281Jaʿfar b. ʿAwn > Misʿar > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "Indeed, every prophet has a supplication with which he supplicated for his nation, and indeed, I have kept my supplication as an intercession for my nation on the Day of Resurrection."  

أحمد:١٣٢٨١حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةً دَعَا بِهَا لِأُمَّتِهِ وَإِنِّي اخْتَبَأْتُ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لِأُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

ahmad:8959ʿAlī b. Baḥr > Hishām b. Yūsuf > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "For every Prophet there is one invocation which is definitely fulfilled by Allah, and I wish, if Allah will, to keep my that (special) invocation as to be the intercession for my followers on the Day of Resurrection." (Using translation from Bukhārī 7474)  

أحمد:٨٩٥٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ بَحْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ فَأُرِيدُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ أَخْتَبِئَ دَعْوَتِي ليَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ شَفَاعَةً لِأُمَّتِي  

ahmad:9143Ibrāhīm b. Abū al-ʿAbbās > Abū Ūways > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "For every Prophet there is one invocation which is definitely fulfilled by Allah, and I wish, if Allah will, to keep my that (special) invocation as to be the intercession for my followers on the Day of Resurrection." (Using translation from Bukhārī 7474)  

أحمد:٩١٤٣حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُوَيْسٍ قَالَ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ فَأُرِيدُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ أَخْتَبِئَ دَعْوَتِي لِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ شَفَاعَةً لِأُمَّتِي  

ahmad:9303Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: There was for every apostle a prayer with which he prayed for his Ummah and it was granted to him; but I wish, if Allah so wills, to defer my prayer for the intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection. (Using translation from Muslim 199c)  

أحمد:٩٣٠٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ دَعَا بِهَا فِي أُمَّتِهِ فَتُسْتَجَابُ لَهُ وَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ أُؤَخِّرَ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لِأُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

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[Machine] “And the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: Every prophet has a supplication that is answered. And I want, if Allah wills, that my supplication be delayed to be intercession for my nation on the Day of Resurrection."  

أحمد:٨١٣٢

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ تُسْتَجَابُ لَهُ فَأُرِيدُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ أُؤَخِّرَ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لِأُمَّتِي إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ  

ahmad:10311ʿAbd al-Raḥman Mālik > Isḥāq > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that every prophet has a supplication that they make, and I hope that my supplication becomes an intercession for my Ummah (community) in the Hereafter. Isaac said, "I also wanted to hide..."  

أحمد:١٠٣١١قَرَأْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَالِكٌ وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ يَدْعُو بِهَا وَأُرِيدُ أَنْ أَخْتَبِئَ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لِأُمَّتِي فِي الْآخِرَةِ قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَخْتَبِئَ  

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

ibnhibban:6469ʿAbdullāh 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:٦٤٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا 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»  

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السيوطي:١٧٥١٤a

"لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ يَدْعُو بِهَا، فَأُرِيدُ أَنْ أَخْتَبِئَ دَعْوَتِى شَفَاعَةً لأُمَّتِى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم عن أَبي هريرة
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السيوطي:١٧٥١٧a

"لِكُلِّ نَبيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ دَعَا بهَا فِي أُمَّتِهِ فَاسْتُجِيبَ لَهُ، وَإِني أُرِيدُ -إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ- أَنْ أَدَّخِرَ دَعْوَتِى شَفَاعَة لَأُمَّتِى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ".  

[خ] البخاري [م] مسلم عن أَبي هريرة
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السيوطي:٦٩٠١a

"إِنَّ لكلِّ نبىٍّ دَعْوَةً تَعَجَّلَهَا في الدُّنْيا، وَإِنِّى اختبأتُ دَعْوَتِى شَفَاعَةٌ لأُمَّتِى يَوْمَ القيامَةِ للمُذْنِبينَ المُتَلَطِّخِينَ".  

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