(14) باب فِي التَّخْيِيرِ بَيْنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ عَلَيْهِمُ الصَّلاَةُ وَالسَّلاَمُ
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :
I shall be pre-eminent among the descendants of Adam, the first from whom the earth will be cleft open the first intercessor, and the first whose intercession will be accepted.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4673
In-book reference: Book 42, Hadith 78
English translation: Book 41, Hadith 4656