Hadith #54
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى يَعْنِي الْأَشْيَبَ قَالَ ثَنَا سُكَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ الْأَعْرَجُ قَالَ عَبْد اللَّهِ يَعْنِي أَظُنُّهُ الشَّنِّيَّ قَالَ ثَنَا حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَخْفَرٍ عَن أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَن أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ قَالَ فَعَرَّسَ بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَانْتَهَيْتُ بَعْضَ اللَّيْلِ إِلَى مُنَاخِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَطْلُبُهُ فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ بَارِزًا أَطْلُبُهُ وَإِذَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَطْلُبُ مَا أَطْلُبُ قَالَ فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ اتَّجَهَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْتَ بِأَرْضِ حَرْبٍ وَلَا نَأْمَنُ عَلَيْكَ فَلَوْلَا إِذْ بَدَتْ لَكَ الْحَاجَةُ قُلْتَ لِبَعْضِ أَصْحَابِكَ فَقَامَ مَعَكَ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ هَزِيزًا كَهَزِيزِ الرَّحَى أَوْ حَنِينًا كَحَنِينِ النَّحْلِ وَأَتَانِي آتٍ مِنْ رَبِّي عَزَّ و
َجَلَّ قَالَ فَخَيَّرَنِي أَنْ يَدْخُلَ شَطْرُ أُمَّتِي الْجَنَّةَ وَبَيْنَ شَفَاعَتِي لَهُمْ فَاخْتَرْتُ شَفَاعَتِي لَهُمْ وَعَلِمْتُ أَنَّهَا أَوْسَعُ لَهُمْ فَخَيَّرَنِي بِأَنْ يَدْخُلَ ثُلُثُ أُمَّتِي الْجَنَّةَ وَبَيْنَ الشَّفَاعَةِ لَهُمْ فَاخْتَرْتُ لَهُمْ شَفَاعَتِي وَعَلِمْتُ أَنَّهَا أَوْسَعُ لَهُمْ فَقَالَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ادْعُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَجْعَلَنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ شَفَاعَتِكَ قَالَ فَدَعَا لَهُمَا ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمَا نَبَّهَا أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَخْبَرَاهُمْ بِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فَجَعَلُوا يَأْتُونَهُ وَيَقُولُونَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ادْعُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَجْعَلَنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ شَفَاعَتِكَ فَيَدْعُوَ لَهُمْ قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَضَبَّ عَلَيْهِ الْقَوْمُ وَكَثُرُوا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّهَا لِمَنْ مَاتَ وَهُوَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ
Isnad Chain
حسن بن موسى ي
الأشيب
يزيد الأعرج
أظنه الشني
أبي بردة
أبي موسى
English Translation
Hasan ibn Musa — meaning al-Ashyab — narrated to us, he said: Sukayn ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz narrated to us, he said: Yazīd al-Aʿraj informed us — ʿAbd Allāh said, meaning I think he was al-Shannī — he said: Ḥamzah ibn ʿAlī ibn Makhfar narrated to us, from Abū Burdah, from Abū Mūsā who said: We went on an expedition with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on one of his journeys. He said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ made a halt with us. I reached part of the night at the resting place of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, looking for him, but I did not find him. He said: So I went out into the open searching for him, and there was a man from among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ searching for the same thing. He said: While we were like that, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came toward us. We said: O Messenger of Allah, you are in enemy territory and we are not safe regarding you. If only when the need arose you had told one of your companions to go with you! He said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Indeed, I heard a humming like the humming of a millstone, or a buzzing like the buzzing of bees, and a messenger came to me from my Lord عز وجل.’ He said: ‘He gave me the choice: that half of my ummah would enter Paradise, or my intercession for them. So I chose my intercession for them, and I knew it would be more encompassing for them. Then he gave me the choice: that a third of my ummah would enter Paradise, or my intercession for them. So I chose my intercession for them, and I knew it would be more encompassing for them.’ They said: O Messenger of Allah, supplicate to Allah تعالى to make us among the people of your intercession! He said: So he supplicated for them. Then those two alerted the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed them of what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had said. He said: So they began coming to him saying: O Messenger of Allah, supplicate to Allah تعالى to make us among the people of your intercession! And he would supplicate for them. When the people pressed upon him and became many, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘It is for whoever dies while testifying that there is no god but Allah.’
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 37, Hadith 54
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 18892
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-55282