Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2557
أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنِ ابْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ، عَنْ أَخِيهِ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَسْأَلُنِي الشَّىْءَ فَأَمْنَعُهُ حَتَّى تَشْفَعُوا فِيهِ فَتُؤْجَرُوا " . وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " اشْفَعُوا تُؤْجَرُوا " .
Harun ibn Saeed reported: Sufyan informed us, from Amr, from Ibn Munabbih, from his brother, from Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: A man asks me for something, and I withhold it from him until you intercede for him, so that you may be rewarded. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ also said: Intercede, and you will be rewarded.
Translation notes
The source first places the instruction in a specific situation of intercession and then repeats it as a general instruction. Both statements are retained.