The Eighth Category: His Intercession for the Perpetrators of Major Sins from the Ummah of Muhammad Who Entered the Fire, That They May Be Brought Out of It

Another Chain of Transmission from Him

Imam Ahmad said: Sulayman ibn Harb narrated to us, Bistam ibn Harb narrated to us, from Ash'ath al-Hadhdha', from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

"My intercession is for those among my Ummah who have committed major sins." [1]

And likewise Abu Dawud narrated it: from Sulayman, from Bistam, from Ash'ath ibn 'Abdullah, from Jabir al-Himmani, from Anas.

Another Chain of Transmission

Al-Hafiz Abu Bakr al-Bazzar said in his Musnad: 'Amr ibn 'Ali narrated to us, Abu Dawud narrated to us, al-Khazraj ibn 'Uthman narrated to us, from Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

"My intercession is for those among my Ummah who have committed major sins."

Then he said: None narrated it from Thabit except al-Khazraj ibn 'Uthman.

And likewise Abu Ya'la narrated through the route of Yazid al-Raqashi, from Anas ibn Malik, from the Prophet (ﷺ) that he said:

"My intercession is for those among my Ummah who have committed major sins."

Another Chain of Transmission

Imam Ahmad said: 'Arim narrated to us, from Mu'tamir, who said: I heard my father narrate, from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

"Every Prophet made a supplication - or he said: Every Prophet had a prayer that he made, and it was answered for him; and Allah the Exalted has granted my supplication as an intercession for my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection." [2]