Thinking about death

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Sunan Ibn Mājah 4317

فَإِنَّهُ خَيَّرَنِي بَيْنَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ نِصْفُ أُمَّتِي الْجَنَّةَ وَبَيْنَ الشَّفَاعَةِ فَاخْتَرْتُ الشَّفَاعَةَ

fa-innah khayyaranī bayna an yadkhula niṣfu ummatī al-jannaha wabayna ash-shafāʿah fākhtartu ash-shafāʿaha

Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks

The full narration

‘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.’”

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Sunan Ibn Mājah · 4317

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