حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو غَسَّانَ الْمِسْمَعِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّی وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَانَا وَاللَّفْظُ لِأَبِي غَسَّانَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ يَعْنُونَ ابْنَ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِکٍ أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لِکُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعْوَةٌ دَعَاهَا لِأُمَّتِهِ وَإِنِّي اخْتَبَأْتُ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لِأُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 494
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: There was for every apostle a prayer with which he prayed for his Ummah and it was granted to him; but I wish, if Allah so wills, to defer my prayer for the intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020