Who gets the intercession
Abū Hurayrah asked who the luckiest person would be, and got a plainer answer than he expected.
لَقَدْ ظَنَنْتُ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ أَنْ لاَ يَسْأَلَنِي عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَحَدٌ أَوَّلُ مِنْكَ، لِمَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ حِرْصِكَ عَلَى الْحَدِيثِ، أَسْعَدُ النَّاسِ بِشَفَاعَتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَنْ قَالَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ. خَالِصًا مِنْ قِبَلِ نَفْسِهِ
The luckiest person to gain my intercession on the Day of Resurrection is the one who said there is no god but Allah, sincerely, from his own heart.
Not the most learned, not the most active. The one who meant it when he said it.
The full narration
Narrated Abu Huraira:I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Who will be the luckiest person who will gain your intercession on the Day of Resurrection?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Abu Huraira! I have thought that none will ask me about this Hadith before you, as I know your longing for the (learning of) Hadiths. The luckiest person who will have my intercession on the Day of Resurrection will be the one who said, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,' sincerely from the bottom of his heart
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 6570
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)