Which means: “My intercession is [reserved] for the major sinners of my nation.” (Related by Abu Dawud.)  

 

Allah, ta^ala, said in the Qur’an: 

ولا يَشْفَعُونَ إِلا لِمَنِ ارْتَضَى 

 Wa la yashfa^una illa limani-rtada. 

Ayah 28 of Suratul-Ambiya’ means: {They [the intercessors] do not intercede except for those who died Muslim.}