Sahih Muslim Book - 1, Hadith - 481

و حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ وُضِعَتْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَصْعَةٌ مِنْ ثَرِيدٍ وَلَحْمٍ فَتَنَاوَلَ الذِّرَاعَ وَكَانَتْ أَحَبَّ الشَّاةِ إِلَيْهِ فَنَهَسَ نَهْسَةً فَقَالَ أَنَا سَيِّدُ النَّاسِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ثُمَّ نَهَسَ أُخْرَى فَقَالَ أَنَا سَيِّدُ النَّاسِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَلَمَّا رَأَى أَصْحَابَهُ لَا يَسْأَلُونَهُ قَالَ أَلَا تَقُولُونَ كَيْفَهْ قَالُوا كَيْفَهْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ بِمَعْنَى حَدِيثِ أَبِي حَيَّانَ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ وَزَادَ فِي قِصَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَقَالَ وَذَكَرَ قَوْلَهُ فِي الْكَوْكَبِ { هَذَا رَبِّي } و قَوْله لِآلِهَتِهِمْ { بَلْ فَعَلَهُ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَذَا } و قَوْله { إِنِّي سَقِيمٌ } قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ إِنَّ مَا بَيْنَ الْمِصْرَاعَيْنِ مِنْ مَصَارِيعِ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَى عِضَادَتَيْ الْبَابِ لَكَمَا بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَهَجَرٍ أَوْ هَجَرٍ وَمَكَّةَ. قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي أَيَّ ذَلِكَ قَالَ.

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "A bowl of Thareed and meat was placed before the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and he took the foreleg, which was the part of the sheep that he liked best, and took a bite, then he said: 'I will be the leader of mankind on the Day of Resurrection.' Then he took another bite and said: 'I will be the leader of mankind on the Day of Resurrection.' When he saw that his Companions were not asking about that, he said: 'Are you not going to ask me how?' They said: 'How will that be, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'The people will stand before the Lord of the Worlds...'" And he (the narrator) quoted a Hadith of Abu Hayyan from Abu Zur'ah (no.480), and he added with regard to Ibrahim - : "He mentioned his saying concerning the stars: 'This is my Lord,' and his saying concerning their idols, 'The biggest one of them did it,' and his saying, 'I am sick."' Then he (s.a.w) said: "By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, the distance between the sides of two of the gates of Paradise and the two gate-posts is like the distance between Makkah and Hajar, or Hajar and Makkah.''