Hadith #157
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَمَّرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الرَّقِّيُّ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ خَيْثَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ قُرَادٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ خُيِّرْتُ
بَيْنَ الشَّفَاعَةِ أَوْ يَدْخُلُ نِصْفُ أُمَّتِي الْجَنَّةَ فَاخْتَرْتُ الشَّفَاعَةَ لِأَنَّهَا أَعَمُّ وَأَكْفَى أَتُرَوْنَهَا لِلْمُنَقَّيْنَ لَا وَلَكِنَّهَا لِلْمُتَلَوِّثِينَ الْخَطَّاءُونَ قَالَ زِيَادٌ أَمَا إِنَّهَا لَحْنٌ وَلَكِنْ هَكَذَا حَدَّثَنَا الَّذِي حَدَّثَنَا
Isnad Chain
زياد بن خيثمة
علي بن النعمان بن قراد
عبد الله بن عمر
النبي
English Translation
It was narrated from 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) — via Mu'ammar ibn Sulayman al-Raqqi, from Ziyad ibn Khaythama, from 'Ali ibn al-Nu'man ibn Qurad, from a man — from the Prophet ﷺ — that he said: 'I was given a choice between [my] intercession and half of my ummah entering Paradise. I chose the intercession — for it is more encompassing and more sufficient. Do you think it is for the pure and righteous? No — rather it is for the sinners, the impure [al-mutallawwithin al-khatta'un].' Ziyad said: 'This is [grammatically] irregular — but this is how the one who narrated to us related it.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 14, Hadith 157
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 5195
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-41585