Harith on Mercy: Satan hopes for intercession on Judgment Day

Ibrahim ibn Yazid reported: Al-Harith ibn Suwayd al-Taymi, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “People will continue being granted intercession on the Day of Resurrection until even the chief of devils, Iblees himself, will crane his neck in hope that it might reach him.”

Source: al-Zuhd li Hannād ibn al-Sarī 186

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Sami Muhammad

عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ التَّيْمِيِّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ مَا زَالَتِ الشَّفَاعَةُ بِالنَّاسِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى إِنَّ إِبْلِيسَ الْأَبَالِسِ لَيَتَطَاوَلُ رَجَاءَ أَنْ تَنَالَهُ

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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