; I have conveyed the message to you.” Let me not find any of you coming on the Day of Resurrection with a neighing horse on his neck, saying, “O Messenger of Allah, help me!” And I will say, “I can do nothing for you; I have conveyed the message to you.” Let me not find any of you coming on the Day of Resurrection with a bleating sheep on his neck, saying, “O Messenger of Allah, help me!” And I will say, “I can do nothing for you; I have conveyed the message to you.” Let me not find any of you coming on the Day of Resurrection with fluttering scraps on his neck, saying, “O Messenger of Allah, help me!” And I will say, “I can do nothing for you; I have conveyed the message to you.” Let me not find any of you coming on the Day of Resurrection with inanimate property on his neck, saying, “O Messenger of Allah, help me!” And I will say, “I can do nothing for you; I have conveyed the message to you.”’”

Both al-Bukhārī and Muslim recorded this in their Sahīh collections. Muslim added:

“Let me not find any of you coming on the Day of Resurrection with a screaming person on his neck, saying, ‘O Messenger of Allah, help me!’ And I will say, ‘I can do nothing for you; I have conveyed the message to you.’”

Al-Bukhārī also relates from him that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

“Let none of you come on the Day of Resurrection carrying a bleating sheep on his neck, saying, ‘O Muhammad!’ And I will say, ‘I can do nothing for you; I have conveyed the message.’ Let none of you come carrying a bellowing camel on his neck, saying, ‘O Muhammad!’ And I will say, ‘I can do nothing for you; I have conveyed the message.’”

His statement here—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—“I have no power to protect you from Allah in any way,” is like Abraham’s statement to his father:

“I will surely ask forgiveness for you, but I have no power to protect you from Allah in any way.”

As for his intercession and supplication for the believers, these benefit them in their worldly and religious affairs, by the consensus of the Muslims. Likewise, the Muslims agree that his intercession for the believers on the Day of Resurrection increases their reward and raises their ranks, although it has been said that some adherents of religious innovation deny this.

As for his intercession for the sinners of his community, the Companions, those who followed them in righteousness, and all the leading scholars of the Muslims—the four imams and others—agree upon it. Many adherents of religious innovation among the Khārijites, Muʿtazilites, and Zaydīs have denied it. These groups maintained that whoever enters the Fire will not leave it