Sunan Ibn Majah 4311
سنن ابن ماجه#4311Da'ifIt was narrated from Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“I was given the choice between being admitted to Paradise, and I chose intercession, because it is more general and more sufficient. Do you think it is for the pious? No, it is for the impure sinners.”
Scholarly Authentication
We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:
Al-AlbaniDaif
Muhammad Fouad Abd al-BaqiSahih
Shuaib Al ArnautDaif
Zubair Ali ZaiIsnaad Hasan
In-book reference: 37:212