[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "I was given the choice between intercession or having half of my nation enter Paradise, so I chose intercession because it is more inclusive and comprehensive. Do you think it is for the purified ones? No, it is for the sinners and the wrongdoers." Ziyad said, "Indeed, it is an advantage, but this is how the one who informed us narrated it to us."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ 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