[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited this verse: "And if you turn away, He will replace you with another people; then they will not be like you." They asked, "O Messenger of Allah, who are those people that if we turn away, they will replace us and not be like us?" He struck the thigh of Salman al-Farsi and said, "This is him and his people. If faith were to be found at the Pleiades, men from Persia would attain it."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {وَإِنْ تَتَوَلَّوْا يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُوا أَمْثَالُكُمْ} قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ إِنْ تَوَلَّيْنَا اسْتُبْدِلُوا بِنَا ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُوا أَمْثَالَنَا؟ فَضَرَبَ عَلَى فَخِذِ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسَيِّ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَذَا وَقَوْمُهُ لَوْ كَانَ الدِّينُ عِنْدَ الثُّرَيَّا لَتَنَاوَلَهُ رِجَالٌ مِنْ فَارِسٍ»