and it is answered for him and granted to him. As for me, I have held my supplication in reserve as an intercession for my community on the Day of Resurrection.” Muslim alone also transmitted this ⦗1⦘.

Another route
Aḥmad said: Ibrāhīm b. Abī al-ʿAbbās narrated to us; Abū Uways narrated to us. Al-Zuhrī said: Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān informed me that Abū Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Every prophet has a supplication, and I wish—if Allah wills—to store my supplication for the Day of Resurrection as an intercession for my ummah.” Aḥmad alone related it through this chain. ʿAbd al-Razzāq also reported it from Maʿmar, from al-Zuhrī. Al-Bukhārī recorded it through Shuʿayb b. Abī Ḥamzah, and Muslim through Mālik, both from al-Zuhrī ⦗2⦘.

Another route
Imām Aḥmad said: Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd narrated to us; Dāwūd al-Awdi narrated to us, from his father, from Abū Hurayrah, concerning Allah’s words, “It may be that your Lord will raise you to a praised station” (Al-Isrāʾ 17:79). He said, “That is the praised station in which I shall intercede for my ummah.” Al-Tirmidhī also narrated it from Abū Kurayb, from Wakīʿ, from Dāwūd, and said: it is ḥasan ⦗3⦘.

Another route
Imām Aḥmad said: Ḥajjāj narrated to us; Ibn Jurayj narrated to us. ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Yaʿqūb narrated to me, from Ibn Dārah, the client of ʿUthmān. He said: While we were in al-Baqīʿ with Abū Hurayrah, we heard him say, “I am the most knowledgeable of [people] regarding the intercession of Muḥammad ﷺ on the Day of Resurrection.” The people pressed in upon him ⦗4⦘ and said, “Come now—may Allah have mercy on you!” He said: “He will say, ‘O Allah, forgive every servant who meets You believing in me and not associating anything with You.’” Aḥmad alone related it through this chain ⦗5⦘.