Hadith No: 5
Ibn Abi Asim - Kitab al-Sunnah - Chapter on His Statement "The Ten in Paradise" and the Mountain Moving with Them
Volume: (2) - Page Number: (619/620)
1433 - Abu Musa and Abu Bakr ibn Khalad قالوا: narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us, Sadqa ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, and Riyah ibn al-Harith narrated that Al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba was in the larger mosque with the people of Kufa on his right and left. Then a man named Sa'id ibn Zayd came, and Al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba greeted him and seated him at his feet on the couch. Then a man from the people of Kufa faced Al-Mughira and insulted him, both cursing and reviling. He said, "O Al-Mughira, who is this insulting?" Al-Mughira replied, "He is insulting Ali." The man said, "O Al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba, do I not see the companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) being insulted in your presence, and you do not denounce or change anything? I bear witness concerning the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) to what my ears heard and my heart comprehended, for I was not one to narrate falsehoods about him. He will ask me if I meet him." He said, "Abu Bakr is in Paradise, Umar is in Paradise, Ali is in Paradise, Uthman is in Paradise, Talha is in Paradise, Al-Zubair is in Paradise, Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Auf is in Paradise, Sa'd ibn Malik is in Paradise, and the ninth of the believers is in Paradise. If I wished to name him, I could." Then the people of the mosque rejoiced and urged him, "O companion of the Messenger of Allah, who is the ninth?" He replied, "Do you urge me by Allah? By Allah, it is a great matter that I am the ninth of the believers and the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) is the tenth." Then he confirmed this with oaths, both right and left, saying, "For the sight of a man who witnessed it with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), his face dust-covered with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), is better than the deeds of any of you, even if Umar lived the lifespan of Noah." Abu Bakr narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Bashar narrated to me, Sadqa ibn al-Muthanna narrated to me, and Riyaah ibn al-Harith narrated from Sa'id ibn Zayd from the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) similarly, except that he said: A man from the people of Kufa named Qais ibn Alqama stood up and faced Al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba, cursing and reviling. Abu al-Rabi' narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Khazim narrated to us, Sadqa ibn al-Muthanna al-Nakha'i narrated to us from Riyaah ibn al-Harith from Sa'id ibn Zayd, who said: "I testify that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) say, 'The position one of them held in the way of Allah, with his face dust-covered, is better than the deeds of any of you for the rest of your lives.'" Then he mentioned something similar to Yahya's narration. Ya'qub ibn Yahya ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Abi Utbah narrated to me from Sadqa ibn al-Muthanna from his grandfather Riyaah from Sa'id ibn Zayd from the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) in a manner similar to Yahya's narration.