move me near to this tree so that I may rest beneath its shade and eat of its fruit.”

Allah will say, “Do you pledge and promise not to ask Me for anything else?”

When the man then sees the throngs of people and hears their voices, he will say, “My Lord, admit me into Paradise.” Abu Saʿīd—and another Companion of the Prophet ﷺ—disagreed concerning what comes next. One of them said, “He will enter Paradise and will be granted the world and its like besides,” while the other said, “He will enter Paradise and will be granted the world and ten times its like.” Al-Nasāʾī also narrated this ḥadīth through the transmission of ʿUthmān b. Ghiyāth with essentially the same wording (1).

[Report of Abū Hurayrah]

Imam Aḥmad said: Sulaymān—meaning Ibn Dāwūd—narrated to us; Ismāʿīl informed us; ʿAmr narrated to us, from Saʿīd, from Abū Hurayrah, who said:

I asked the Prophet ﷺ, “Who will be the happiest of people by virtue of your intercession on the Day of Resurrection?” The Prophet ﷺ replied:

“I thought, O Abū Hurayrah, that none would ask me about this ḥadīth before you, because I have seen your eagerness for ḥadīth. The happiest of people to receive my intercession on the Day of Resurrection will be whoever says, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh’—None has the right to be worshiped but Allah—sincerely, from the depths of his own soul.”

This chain is sound, upon the conditions set by both of them (2), though they did not record it through this route (3).

[Another route]

Imam Aḥmad said: Abū Muʿāwiyah and Yaʿlā b. ʿUbayd both narrated to us; they said: Al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Abū Hurayrah, who said:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Every prophet has a supplication that is assuredly answered. Each prophet hastened to make use of his supplication, whereas I have reserved my supplication—namely, intercession—for my ummah. By Allah’s will, it will reach whoever dies without associating anything with Allah.” Yaʿlā added: “meaning: his intercession.” (4)

Muslim also related it through the narration of Abū Muʿāwiyah Muḥammad b. Khāzim al-Ḍarīr, from Al-Aʿmash, with the same wording (5).

[Another route]

Aḥmad said: Hāshim—and the Khuzāʿī, meaning Abū Salamah—both narrated to us; they said: Layth narrated to us; he said: Yazīd b.