Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik al-Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: "We were on a journey with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and we made camp. When night came, sleep was far from my eyes; I could not sleep, so I got up. Every animal in the army had laid its cheek on the ground, and everything I saw seemed to me no higher than the back of a camel saddle. I thought: I will go to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and keep watch over him all night until morning. I went out, passing between the people, until I came to the saddle of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was not at his saddle. I went out from there, passing between the people's saddles, until I came out of the army. I saw a dark figure ahead of me. I went towards it, and it was Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him). They asked me: 'Why have you come out?' I said: 'For the same reason for which you two have come out.' Ahead of us was an open stretch of low ground, not far away. We walked towards that ground, and meanwhile we heard a sound from there like the humming of bees, as if the wind were blowing. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Is Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah here?' We said: 'Yes!' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'And Mu'adh bin Jabal?' We said: 'Yes!' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'And Awf bin Malik?' We said: 'Yes!' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us. We did not ask him anything, nor did he ask us anything, until he returned to his saddle. Then he said: 'Shall I not tell you of what my Lord gave me a choice between a little while ago?' We said: 'Yes indeed, O Messenger of Allah!' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'He gave me the choice that He would admit two-thirds of my Ummah into Paradise without any reckoning or punishment; He gave me a choice between that and intercession.' We asked: 'O Messenger of Allah! Then what did you choose?' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I chose intercession.' All of us said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Include us among those who will benefit from your intercession.' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'My intercession will be for every Muslim.'"
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب البعث / 18493
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