صحيح مسلم 479

Ma'bad b. Hilal al 'Anazi reported:We went to Anas b. Malik through Thabit and reached there (his house) while he was offering the forenoon prayer. Thabit sought permission for us and we entered, and he seated Thabit with him on his bedstead. He (Thabit) said to him (Anas b. Malik): O Abu Hamza (kunya of Anas b. Malik), your brothers from among the inhabitants of Basra ask you to narrate to them the hadith of intercession. He said: Muhammad (ﷺ) narrated to us: When it would be the Day of Resurrection, some of the people would rush to one another in bewilderment. They would come to Adam and say: Intercede (with your Lord) for your progeny. He would say: I am not fit to do this, but go to Ibrahim (peace be upon him) for he is the Friend of Allah. They would come to Ibrahim, but he would say: I am not fit to do this, but go to Moses, for he is Allah's Interlocutor. They would come to Moses, but he would say: I am not fit to do this, but you should go to Jesus, for he is the Spirit of Allah and His word. They would come to Jesus, and he would say, I am not fit to do this; you better go to Muhammad (ﷺ). They would come to me, and I would say: I am in a position to do that, I would go and ask the permission of my Lord and it would be granted to me. I would then stand before Him and would extol Him with praises which I am not able to do now, but with which Allah would inspire me, then I would fall in prostration and it would be said to me: O Muhammad, raise thy head, and say and it would be listened to; ask and it would be granted, intercede and it would be accepted. I shall say: My Lord, my people, my people It would be said: Go, and bring forth from it (Hell) him who has in his heart faith equal to the weight of a wheat grain or a barley seed. I would go and do that; then I would return to my Lord and extol Him with those praises (taught to me by Allah), then I would fall in prostration. It would be said to me: O Muhammad, raise your head, and say and it would be heard; ask and it would be granted; intercede and intercession would be accepted. So I would say: My people. my people. It would be said to me: Go and take out from it (Hell) him who has in his heart faith equal to the weight of a mustard seed. I would go and do that. I would again return to my Lord and extol Him with those praises. I would then fall in prostration. It would be said to me: O Muhammad, raise your head: say, and you would be listened to; ask and it would be granted; intercede and intercession would be accepted. I would say: My Lord, my people, my people. It would be said to me: Go, and bring out of the Fire him who has in his heart as much faith as the smallest, smallest, smallest grain of mustard seed. I would go and do that. This is the hadith which Anas narrated to us. We went out of his (house) and when we reached the upper part of Jabban (graveyard) we said: Would that we meet Hasan and salute him and he was hiding in the house of Abu Khalifa. He (Ma'bad b. Hilal, the narrator) said: We went to him and greeted him and we said: O Abu Sa'id, we come from your brother Abu Hamza (kunya of Anas), and we have never heard a hadith like this relating to intercession, which he has narrated to us. He said: Narrate it, we narrated the hadith. He said: Narrate it (still further). We said: He did not (narrate it) before us more than this. He said: He (Anas) had narrated it to us twenty years back, when he was strong and healthy. He has in fact missed something. I cannot make out whether the old man has forgotten or he has (intentionally) avoided to narrate it to you lest you should rely (absolutely) upon it (and abandon doing good deeds). We said to him: Relate that to us, and he laughed and said: There is haste in the nature of man. I did not make mention of it to you but for the fact that I wanted to narrate that to you (and added that the Prophet said): I would then return to my Lord for the fourth time and extol Him with these praises. I would then fall in prostration. It would be said to me: O Muhammad, raise your head: say and it will be listened to; ask and it will be granted; intercede and intercession would be accepted. I would say: O my Lord, permit me regarding him who professed: There is no god but Allah. He (the Lord) would say: That is not for thee or that is not what lies with thee, but by My Honour, Glory, Greatness and Might, I would certainly take him out who professed it: There is no god but Allah. He (the narrator, Ma'bad) said: I hear testimony to the fact that the hadith transmitted to us-by Hasan was heard by him from Anas b. Malik and I can see that he reported it twenty years back, when he was hale and hearty

Rapporté par Ma'bad b. Hilal al 'Anazi : Nous sommes allés voir Anas b. Malik par l’intermédiaire de Thabit et nous sommes arrivés chez lui alors qu’il priait la prière du matin. Thabit a demandé la permission pour nous et nous sommes entrés, et il a fait asseoir Thabit avec lui sur son lit. Thabit lui a dit : « Ô Abu Hamza (surnom d’Anas b. Malik), tes frères de Bassora te demandent de leur raconter le hadith de l’intercession. » Il a dit : « Muhammad ﷺ nous a raconté : Le Jour de la Résurrection, des gens se précipiteront les uns vers les autres, déconcertés. Ils iront voir Adam et lui diront : “Intercède auprès de ton Seigneur pour ta descendance.” Il dira : “Je ne suis pas digne de cela, mais allez voir Ibrahim (paix sur lui), car il est l’ami d’Allah.” Ils iront voir Ibrahim, mais il dira : “Je ne suis pas digne de cela, mais allez voir Moïse, car il est l’interlocuteur d’Allah.” Ils iront voir Moïse, mais il dira : “Je ne suis pas digne de cela, mais allez voir Jésus, car il est l’Esprit d’Allah et Sa parole.” Ils iront voir Jésus, et il dira : “Je ne suis pas digne de cela ; allez plutôt voir Muhammad ﷺ.” Ils viendront à moi, et je dirai : “Je suis en mesure de le faire.” J’irai demander la permission à mon Seigneur, qui me l’accordera. Je me tiendrai alors devant Lui et Le louerai avec des louanges que je ne peux pas faire maintenant, mais qu’Allah m’inspirera. Je me prosternerai alors, et il me sera dit : “Ô Muhammad, relève ta tête, parle et tu seras entendu ; demande et il te sera accordé ; intercède et ton intercession sera acceptée.” Je dirai : “Mon Seigneur, mon peuple, mon peuple.” Il me sera dit : “Va et fais sortir de l’Enfer celui qui a dans son cœur une foi du poids d’un grain de blé ou d’orge.” J’irai le faire ; puis je reviendrai vers mon Seigneur et Le louerai avec ces louanges (qu’Allah m’aura enseignées), puis je me prosternerai. Il me sera dit : “Ô Muhammad, relève ta tête, parle et tu seras entendu ; demande et il te sera accordé ; intercède et ton intercession sera acceptée.” Je dirai : “Mon peuple, mon peuple.” Il me sera dit : “Va et fais sortir de l’Enfer celui qui a dans son cœur une foi du poids d’une graine de moutarde.” J’irai le faire. Je reviendrai encore vers mon Seigneur, Le louerai avec ces louanges, puis me prosternerai. Il me sera dit : “Ô Muhammad, relève ta tête, parle et tu seras entendu ; demande et il te sera accordé ; intercède et ton intercession sera acceptée.” Je dirai : “Mon Seigneur, mon peuple, mon peuple.” Il me sera dit : “Va et fais sortir de l’Enfer celui qui a dans son cœur autant de foi que la plus petite, la plus petite, la plus petite graine de moutarde.” J’irai le faire. » C’est le hadith qu’Anas nous a rapporté. Nous sommes sortis de chez lui et, arrivés dans la partie haute du cimetière de Jabban, nous avons dit : « Si seulement nous rencontrions Hasan pour le saluer ! » Il se cachait dans la maison d’Abu Khalifa. Ma'bad b. Hilal, le narrateur, dit : « Nous sommes allés le voir, l’avons salué et dit : “Ô Abu Sa'id, nous venons de ton frère Abu Hamza (Anas), et nous n’avons jamais entendu un hadith comme celui-ci sur l’intercession.” Il dit : “Racontez-le.” Nous avons raconté le hadith. Il dit : “Racontez-le encore.” Nous avons dit : “Il ne nous en a pas dit plus.” Il dit : “Il nous l’a raconté il y a vingt ans, quand il était fort et en bonne santé. Il a en fait omis quelque chose. Je ne sais pas si le vieil homme a oublié ou s’il a volontairement évité de vous le dire de peur que vous ne vous reposiez dessus et négligiez les bonnes actions.” Nous lui avons dit : “Raconte-le nous”, et il a ri et dit : “Il y a de la précipitation dans la nature humaine. Je ne vous en aurais pas parlé si je n’avais pas voulu vous le raconter.” (Et il ajouta que le Prophète ﷺ a dit :) “Je reviendrai alors vers mon Seigneur une quatrième fois, Le louerai avec ces louanges, puis me prosternerai. Il me sera dit : ‘Ô Muhammad, relève ta tête, parle et tu seras entendu ; demande et il te sera accordé ; intercède et ton intercession sera acceptée.’ Je dirai : ‘Ô mon Seigneur, permets-moi d’intercéder pour celui qui a dit : Il n’y a de dieu qu’Allah.’ Il (le Seigneur) dira : ‘Cela ne t’appartient pas, mais par Ma Gloire, Ma Majesté, Ma Grandeur et Ma Puissance, Je ferai certainement sortir celui qui a dit : Il n’y a de dieu qu’Allah.’” Ma'bad, le narrateur, dit : « J’atteste que le hadith transmis par Hasan a été entendu par lui d’Anas b. Malik, et je vois qu’il l’a rapporté il y a vingt ans, alors qu’il était en pleine forme. »