Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمَلِيحِ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ عَرَّسَ بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَافْتَرَشَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنَّا ذِرَاعَ رَاحِلَتِهِ قَالَ فَانْتَبَهْتُ فِي بَعْضِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِذَا نَاقَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ قُدَّامَهَا أَحَدٌ فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَطْلُبُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قَيْسٍ قَائِمَانِ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَا لَا نَدْرِي غَيْرَ أَنَّا سَمِعْنَا صَوْتًا بِأَعْلَى الْوَادِي فَإِذَا مِثْلُ هَدِيرِ الرَّحَى قَالَ فَلَبِثْنَا يَسِيرًا ثُمَّ أَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ أَتَانِي مِنْ رَبِّي آتٍ فَخَيَّرَنِي بِأَنْ يَدْخُلَ نِصْفُ أُمَّتِي الْجَنَّةَ وَبَيْنَ الشَّفَاعَةِ وَإِنِّي اخْتَرْتُ الشَّفَاعَةَ» فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ نَنْشُدُكَ بِاللَّهِ وَالصُّحْبَةِ لَمَا جَعَلْتَنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ شَفَاعَتِكَ قَالَ «فَأَنْتُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ شَفَاعَتِي» قَالَ فَلَمَّا رَكِبُوا قَالَ «فَإِنِّي أُشْهَدُ مَنْ حَضَرَ أَنَّ شَفَاعَتِيَ لِمَنْ مَاتَ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا مِنْ أُمَّتِي»
English Translation
Ahmad ibn Ali ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, he said: Abd al-Wahid ibn Ghiyath narrated to us, he said: Abu 'Awanah narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Abu al-Malih, from 'Awf ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ made us camp one night, and each man spread the foreleg of his mount. I woke up in the middle of the night and found the camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with no one in front of it. So I went looking for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and found Mu'adh ibn Jabal and Abdullah ibn Qays standing. I said: 'Where is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' They said: 'We don't know, except that we heard a sound at the top of the valley like the rumbling of a millstone.' He said: We waited a short while, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us and said: 'A visitor from my Lord came to me and gave me a choice between half of my nation entering Paradise and intercession, and I chose intercession.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we adjure you by Allah and by companionship to include us among the people of your intercession.' He said: 'You are among the people of my intercession.' When they mounted, he said: 'I bear witness to whoever is present that my intercession is for whoever died not associating anything with Allah from my nation.'