[Machine] I heard Awf ibn Malik al-Ashja'i saying, "We once camped with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and during the night I woke up to find that there was nothing in the campsite longer than the back of a saddle. Every person and his camel were sticking to the ground. I got up and started moving through the people until I reached the place where the Prophet was supposed to be sleeping, but he wasn't there. I placed my hands on the bed and found that it was cold, so I got up and left to search for him among the people. I kept saying, 'Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.' The news spread among the people that the Messenger of Allah had left until I had exited the entire camp and noticed something black. I went towards it and threw a stone, but it moved. I approached it and found that it was Mu'adh ibn Jabal and Abu 'Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah. In front of us, we heard a sound like the loud grinding of flour and the sound that a stick makes when the wind blows against it. Some of us said to others, 'Whoever you are, stand up until you wake up, or the Messenger of Allah comes to you.' We stayed there as long as Allah willed, and then someone called out, 'Is Mu'adh ibn Jabal, Abu 'Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah, and Awf ibn Malik here?' We replied, 'Yes.' The person came towards us until we were with him, and we didn't ask him anything, and he didn't inform us of anything until he sat on his bed and said, 'Do you know what my Lord offered me tonight?' We said, 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said, 'Tonight, my Lord gave me a choice between allowing half of my Ummah to enter Paradise or having intercession, and I chose intercession.' We said, 'O Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah to make us among its people.' He said, 'It is for every Muslim.'"
سَمِعْتُ عَوْفَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ الْأَشْجَعِيَّ يَقُولُ نَزَلْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْزِلًا فَاسْتَيْقَظْتُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَإِذَا أَنَا لَا أَرَى فِي الْعَسْكَرِ شَيْئًا أَطْوَلَ مِنْ مُؤْخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ قَدْ لُصِقَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ وَبَعِيرُهُ بِالْأَرْضِ فَقُمْتُ أَتَخَلَّلُ النَّاسَ حَتَّى دَفَعْتُ إِلَى مُضْطَجِعِ النَّبِيِّ فَإِذَا هُوَ لَيْسَ فِيهِ فَوَضَعْتُ يَدَيَّ عَلَى الْفِرَاشِ فَإِذَا هُوَ بَارِدٌ فَقُمْتُ فَخَرَجْتُ أَتَخَلَّلُ النَّاسَ وَأَقُولُ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ ذُهِبَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى خَرَجْتُ مِنَ الْعَسْكَرِ كُلِّهِ فَبَصَرْتُ بِسَوَادٍ فَمَضَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَرَمَيْتُ بِحَجَرٍ فَمَضَيْتُ إِلَى السَّوَادِ وَإِذَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَأَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ وَإِذَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا صَوْتٌ كَدَوِيِّ الرَّحَى وكَصَوْتِ الْعَصَا تَصِفَهَا الرِّيَاحُ فَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ أَيْ قَوْمٌ اسْتَوُوا حَتَّى تَصْحُوا أَوْ يَأْتِيَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَبِثْنَا مَا شَاءَ اللهُ ثُمَّ نَادَى «أَثَمَّ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَأَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ وَعَوْفُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ؟» قُلْنَا نَعَمْ فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيْنَا حَتَّى كُنَّا مَعَهُ لَا نَسْأَلَهُ شَيْئًا وَلَا يُخْبِرْنَا حَتَّى قَعَدَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَقَالَ «أَتَدْرُونَ مَا خَيَّرَنِي رَبِّي اللَّيْلَةَ؟» قُلْنَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «فَإِنَّهُ خَيَّرَنِي بَيْنَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ نِصْفُ أُمَّتِي الْجَنَّةَ وَبَيْنَ الشَّفَاعَةِ فَاخْتَرْتُ الشَّفَاعَةَ» قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنَا مِنْ أَهْلِهَا قَالَ «هِيَ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ»