Hadith No: 1

'A'isha reported Allah's Apostle (S) saying:

If a company of Muslims numbering one hundred pray over a dead person, all of them interceding for him, their intercession for him will be accepted.

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Reference: Saheeh Muslim Book 11 Tradition No. 76

Hadith No: 2

 

'Abdullah b. 'Abbas reported that his son died in Qudaid or 'Usfan. He said to Kuraib to see as to how many people had gathered there for his (funeral). He (Kuraib) said:

So I went out and I informed him about the people who had gathered there. He (Ibn 'Abbas) said: Do you think they are forty? He (Kuraib) said: Yes. Ibn 'Abbas then said to them: Bring him (the dead body) out for I have heard Allah's Messenger (s.a.w.a.) as saying: If any Muslim dies and forty men who associate nothing with Allah stand over his prayer (they offer prayer over him), Allah will accept them as intercessors for him.

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Reference: Saheeh Muslim Book 11 Tradition No. 77

Hadith No: 3

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (s.a.w.a.) as saying:

I shall be pre-eminent amongst the descendants of Adam on the Day of Resurrection and I will be the first intercessor and the first whose intercession will be accepted (by Allah).

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Reference: Saheeh Muslim Book 43 Tradition No. 3

Hadith No: 4
Ahmad ibn Hanbal - Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Musnad of the Ten Blessed with Paradise -
Musnad of the Rightly Guided Caliphs - and from the Musnad of Ali ibn Abi Talib (ra)
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (148)
1281 - Abdullah narrated to us, who said: Muhammad ibn Bakkar narrated to me, who said: Hafs ibn Sulayman, meaning Abu Umar al-Qari, narrated to us, from Kathir ibn Zadhan, from Asim ibn Dumrah, from Ali ibn Abi Talib (ra), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said: "Whoever learns the Quran, memorizes it, and preserves it, Allah will admit him into Paradise and allow him to intercede for ten of his family members, all of whom are deserving of Hell."

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Reference: Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal Book 1

Hadith No: 5
Al-Mutaqi al-Hindi - Kanz al-'Ummal fi Sunan al-Aqwal wal-Af'al
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (519/520)
2327 - For the bearer of the Quran, if he acts upon it by making its permissible things lawful and its forbidden things unlawful, he will intercede for ten of his family members on the Day of Resurrection, all of whom have deserved the Fire..

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Reference: Kanz al-Ummaal fi Sunan al-Aqwaal wa al-Af'aal Book 1

Hadith No: 6
Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi - Kanz al-'Ummal fi Sunan al-Aqwal wal-Afal
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (521)
2334 - "Whoever reads the Quran, memorizes it, and recites it while interpreting its permissible (halal) and forbidden (haram) aspects, Allah will admit him to Paradise and grant him the ability to intercede for ten of his family members, all of whom have deservedthe Fire."

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Reference: Kanz al-Ummaal fi Sunan al-Aqwaal wa al-Af'aal Book 1

Hadith No: 7
Al-Salihi al-Shami - Sabil al-Huda wa'l-Rashad fi Seerat Khayr al-Ibad
A Compilation of Chapters on Some of the Rights that Must Be Afforded to Him (peace be upon him and his holy progeny)
Chapter Eight: On the Necessity of Honoring and Respecting His (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) Sanctity After His Death, Just as It Was Required During His Lifetime
Volume: (11) - Page Number: (439)
[The text is lengthy, so only the relevant excerpt is provided here]
- .... {Do not make the supplication of the Messenger (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) among yourselves like the supplication of one another (Surah an-Nur 24:63)} And when Abu Ja'far al-Mansur debated Malik with Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Abbas, the second caliph of the Abbasid dynasty, in his (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) mosque, Malik said to him, "O Commander of the Faithful, do not raise your voice in this mosque, for Allah, the Exalted, admonished a people, saying: {Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet} (Surah al-Hujurat 49:2)." "And his sanctity in death is like his sanctity in life." Abu Ja'far then humbled himself and said to Malik, "O Abu Ubayd Allah, should I face the Qibla and pray, or should I face the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny)?" Malik replied, "Why do you turn your face away from him when he is your means, and the means of your father Adam, to Allah, the Exalted, on the Day of Resurrection? Rather, face him and seek intercession through him, and Allah will grant you intercession." For he (the Prophet) will accept your intercession for yourself." Allah, the Exalted, said: {And if only they had wronged themselves (Surah An-Nisa 4:64)}.

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Reference: Sobol al-Huda wa al-Rashaad fi Seerah Khair al-'Ibaad Book 11