Does everyone who enters Paradise enter it by intercession?

Question:
This questioner asks: Does everyone who enters Paradise enter it by intercession?

Answer:
Allah knows best about this, yes. It is the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) who intercedes for the people of Paradise; he opens the gate of Paradise. The first to ask for the gate of Paradise to be opened is Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him); he asks his Lord to open it for him and for his Ummah. It was opened, and it was opened in a way it was not opened at first. At first, when the Fire comes—and may Allah protect us from it—when they first arrive, it is open, and they enter immediately. They are driven in, whether to Paradise or to it while it is closed. In that case, the first to ask for it to be opened is Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), who asks Allah to open it. Yes.