Hadith No: 3
Al-Salihi al-Shami - Sabul al-Huda wa al-Rashad fi Seerat Khayr al-Ibad
Jam' Abu Abwab Ba'd Fada'il Ahl Rawhulallah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) wa al-Wasiyyah Bihim wa Mahabbatihim
wa al-Tahdhir min Ba'dihim wa Dhikr Awlad Rasulullah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) wa Awladihim (peace be upon them)
Chapter Two: On Some Virtues of the Ahl al-Bayt of Rasulullah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny)
Eleventh: That They Will Be the First Whom Rasulullah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) Intercedes for on the Day of Resurrection
Volume: (11) - Page Number: (11)
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- .... Al-Dilmi narrated in al-Firdaws
from Ibn Umar (peace be upon him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said: "The first to receive my intercession on the Day of Resurrection from my Ummah will be the people of my House." Then the nearest and closest, he said: Then the Ansar, and those who believed in me and followed me from the people of Yemen, then the rest of the Arabs, and then the non-Arabs.