Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ الْعَوْفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ قَدْ أَعْطَى اللَّهُ كُلَّ نَبِيٍّ عَطِيَّةً فَكُلٌّ قَدْ تَعَجَّلَهَا وَإِنِّي أَخَّرْتُ عَطِيَّتِي شَفَاعَةً لِأُمَّتِي وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي لَيَشْفَعُ لِلْفِئَامِ مِنْ النَّاسِ فَيَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَشْفَعُ لِلْقَبِيلَةِ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَشْفَعُ لِلْعُصْبَةِ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَشْفَعُ لِلثَّلَاثَةِ وَلِلرَّجُلَيْنِ وَلِلرَّجُلِ.
English Translation
Yazid told us, Zakariyya informed us, from Atiyyah al-Awfi, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Allah has given every prophet a gift, and each of them hastened to use it, but I have delayed my gift as intercession for my nation. A man of my nation will intercede for a huge crowd of people, and they will enter Paradise; and a man will intercede for a tribe, and a man will intercede for a group, and a man will intercede for three, and for two, and for one."