Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مَلِيحٍ الْهُذَلِيِّ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ وَعَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا نَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا كَانَ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ قَالَ فَنَزَلْنَا مَنْزِلًا فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ حَوْلَهُ قَالَ فَتَعَارَرْتُ مِنْ اللَّيْلِ أَنَا وَمُعَاذٌ فَنَظَرْنَا قَالَ فَخَرَجْنَا نَطْلُبُهُ إِذْ سَمِعْنَا هَزِيزًا كَهَزِيزِ الْأَرْحَاءِ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ فَلَمَّا أَقْبَلَ نَظَرَ قَالَ مَا شَأْنُكُمْ قَالُوا انْتَبَهْنَا فَلَمْ نَرَكَ حَيْثُ كُنْتَ خَشِينَا أَنْ يَكُونَ أَصَابَكَ شَيْءٌ جِئْنَا نَطْلُبُكَ قَالَ أَتَانِي آتٍ فِي مَنَامِي فَخَيَّرَنِي بَيْنَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ نِصْفُ أُمَّتِي أَوْ شَفَاعَةً فَاخْتَرْتُ لَهُمْ الشَّفَاعَةَ فَقُلْنَا فَإِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ الْإِسْلَامِ وَبِحَقِّ الصُّحْبَةِ لَمَا أَدْخَلْتَنَا الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ فَاجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ فَقَالُوا لَهُ مِثْلَ مَقَالَتِنَا وَكَثُرَ النَّاسُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَجْعَلُ شَفَاعَتِي لِمَنْ مَاتَ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَحْرُسُهُ أَصْحَابُهُ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ.
English Translation
Aswad ibn Amir told us, Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash informed me, from Asim, from Abu Burdah, from Abu Malih al-Hudhali, from Mu'adh ibn Jabal and from Abu Musa, who both said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, whenever he made camp somewhere, the ones nearest to him would be the Emigrants. He said: So we made camp somewhere, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, stood up while we were around him. He said: Then I and Mu'adh dozed off during the night, and we looked around — he said — and we went out looking for him, when we heard a rumbling sound like the rumbling of millstones. Then he came, and when he came, he looked and said: What is the matter with you? They said: We woke up and did not find you where you had been, and we feared something had happened to you, so we came looking for you. He said: One came to me in my sleep and gave me the choice between half of my nation entering Paradise or intercession, and I chose intercession for them. We said: Then we ask you by the right of Islam and the right of companionship — do not fail to have us enter Paradise. He said: Then the people gathered around him and said to him the same as we had said, and the people grew numerous, so he said: I make my intercession for whoever dies not associating anything with Allah. (Rawh told us, Hammad — namely Ibn Salamah — told us, Asim ibn Bahdalah told us, from Abu Burdah, from Abu Musa: that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to be guarded by his companions — and he mentioned something similar.)