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
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 5452
It was narrated from 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar that the Prophet (PBUH) said: "I was given the choice between interceding or having half of my ummah admitted to Paradise, and i chose intercession, because it is more encompassing and more far-reaching. Do you think that it is for the good and pure? No, rather it is for those who indulged in sin, those who erred.”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
Sanad
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