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سنن ابن ماجه
الإمام محمد بن يزيد ابن ماجه القزويني (ت ٢٧٣ هـ)

Sunan Ibn Majah 4317

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Sunan Ibn MajahHadith 4317Sahihسنن ابن ماجهرقم ٤٣١٧

حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سُلَيْمَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عَوْفَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِيَّ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏"‏ أَتَدْرُونَ مَا خَيَّرَنِي رَبِّيَ اللَّيْلَةَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَإِنَّهُ خَيَّرَنِي بَيْنَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ نِصْفُ أُمَّتِي الْجَنَّةَ وَبَيْنَ الشَّفَاعَةِ فَاخْتَرْتُ الشَّفَاعَةَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنَا مِنْ أَهْلِهَا ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ هِيَ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

‘Awf bin Malik Al-Ashja’i said:“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Do you know what choice my Lord gave me on this night?’ We said: ‘Allah and His Messenger know best.’ He said: ‘He gave me the choice between admitting half of my nation to Paradise and intercession, and I chose intercession.’ We said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, pray that we will be among its people (the people for whom you will intercede).’ He said: ‘It is for every Muslim.’”

Grading (tahqiq)

Sahih
  • Al-AlbaniSahih
  • Muhammad Fouad Abd al-BaqiSahih
  • Shuaib Al ArnautSahih
  • Zubair Ali ZaiIsnaad Sahih

Hadith commentary (sharh)

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Scholarly Commentary & Context

Synthesized commentary, isnad grading & cross-references

[Collection & Reference]: Narration #4317 in Sunan Ibn Majah.

[Isnad Grading & Assessment]: Scholar verdicts : Al-Albani: Sahih | Muhammad Fouad Abd al-Baqi: Sahih | Shuaib Al Arnaut: Sahih | Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad Sahih.

[Core Subject]: Intercession (shafa'ah) is asking Allah, by His permission, for mercy for others. On the Day of Judgment the Prophet ﷺ will make the Great Intercession for all of humanity, and others will be allowed to intercede after him.

[Described Characteristics]: In the distress of the Gathering, people go to Adam, then Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa and Isa, and each says 'Not me, go to someone else'. Then they come to Muhammad ﷺ. He prostrates beneath the Throne and praises Allah with praises taught to him then, until he is told: 'Raise your head, ask and you will be given, intercede and it will be accepted.'

[Timeline & Context]: It comes first at the Gathering, to begin the judgment, and later for believers who entered the Fire, to bring them out.

[Prophetic Practice]: After the adhan, say the dua of the call: whoever says it, his intercession becomes due on the Day of Resurrection.

[Core Subject]: Jannah, Paradise, is the eternal home of the believers: 'what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no heart has imagined'.

[Described Characteristics]: Gardens with rivers of water, milk, honey and pure drink; a hundred levels, the highest al-Firdaws under the Throne. No illness, no ageing, no sorrow, no death. Its greatest joy is seeing Allah, and His saying: 'I am pleased with you and will never be displeased with you after this.'

[Timeline & Context]: After the Bridge, the believers enter it forever. Paradise already exists now.

[Prophetic Practice]: 'When you ask Allah, ask for al-Firdaws.'

Commentaries by classical hadith scholars. The Arabic texts are shown as published.