Arabic (Original)
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.
English Translation
Mu'ammar ibn Sulayman al-Raqqi, Abu Abd Allah, told us, Ziyad ibn Khaythamah told us, from Ali ibn al-Nu'man ibn Qurad, from a man, from Abd Allah ibn Umar, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: "I was given the choice between intercession or that half of my nation enter Paradise, so I chose intercession because it is more comprehensive and more sufficient. Do you think it is for those who are purified? No, rather it is for those defiled with sin, the sinners." Ziyad said: "Indeed it is a solecism [in grammar], but this is how the one who narrated it to us narrated it to us."