Hadith #554
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَن أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَن أَبِي مُوسَى أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَحْرُسُهُ أَصْحَابُهُ فَقُمْتُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَلَمْ أَرَهُ فِي مَنَامِهِ فَأَخَذَنِي مَا قَدُمَ وَمَا حَدَثَ فَذَهَبْتُ أَنْظُرُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِمُعَاذٍ قَدْ لَقِيَ الَّذِي لَقِيتُ فَسَمِعْنَا صَوْتًا مِثْلَ هَزِيزِ الرَّحَا فَوَقَفَا عَلَى مَكَانِهِمَا فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْه
ِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ قِبَلِ الصَّوْتِ فَقَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ أَيْنَ كُنْتُ وَفِيمَ كُنْتُ أَتَانِي آتٍ مِنْ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَخَيَّرَنِي بَيْنَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ نِصْفُ أُمَّتِي الْجَنَّةَ وَبَيْنَ الشَّفَاعَةِ فَاخْتَرْتُ الشَّفَاعَةَ فَقَالَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ادْعُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنَا فِي شَفَاعَتِكَ فَقَالَ أَنْتُمْ وَمَنْ مَاتَ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا فِي شَفَاعَتِي
Isnad Chain
عفان
حماد ي
ابن سلمة
عاصم
أبي بردة
أبي موسى
English Translation
ʿAffān narrated to us, Ḥammād — meaning Ibn Salamah — narrated to us, ʿĀṣim informed us, from Abū Burdah, from Abū Mūsā, that the Prophet ﷺ used to be guarded by his Companions. He said: I stood up one night and did not find him in his sleeping place, so I was seized by great anxiety. I went looking, and there was Muʿādh who had encountered the same as I did. We heard a sound like the buzzing of a millstone, so we stopped where we were. Then the Prophet ﷺ came from the direction of the sound and said: 'Do you know where I was and what I was doing? A messenger came to me from my Lord عز وجل and gave me the choice between half of my Ummah entering Paradise and intercession. I chose intercession.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah عز وجل to make us among those who receive your intercession.' He said: 'You and whoever dies not associating anything with Allah are in my intercession.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 36, Hadith 554
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 18792
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-55182