48. Virtues of the Companions
٤٨۔ كِتَابُ الْمَنَاقِبِ
Messenger of Allah ﷺ was upon the mountain of Hira, ' and there were along with him Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman. 'Ali, Talha, 'Zubair, that the mountain stirred; thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Be calm, there is none upon you but a Prophet, a Fiddle (the testifier of truth) and a Martyr. (Using translation from Muslim 2417a)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ عَلَى حِرَاءٍ هُوَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ وَعَلِيٌّ وَطَلْحَةُ وَالزُّبَيْرُ فَتَحَرَّكَتِ الصَّخْرَةُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اهْدِهْ فَمَا عَلَيْكِ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ أَوْ صِدِّيقٌ أَوْ شَهِيدٌ»
[Machine] When Muawiya arrived in Kufa, Al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba appointed orators to criticize Ali. Sa'id ibn Zayd took my hand and said, "Do you not see this oppressor commanding the curse of a man from the people of Paradise? I testify about the nine that they are in Paradise, and if I were to testify about the tenth, I would say who the nine are." He said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on Mount Hira and said, "Be firm, for upon you are none but a Prophet, a truthful one, or a martyr." [Sa'id] said, "And who are the nine?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali, Talha, Zubair, Sa'd, Abd al-Rahman." [Sa'id] asked, "And who is the tenth?" He said, "I am."
لَمَّا قَدِمَ مُعَاوِيَةُ الْكُوفَةَ أَقَامَ مُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ خُطَبَاءَ يَتَنَاوَلُونَ عَلِيًّا فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي سَعِيدَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ فَقَالَ «أَلَا تَرَى هَذَا الظَّالِمَ الَّذِي يَأْمُرُ بِلَعْنِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَأَشْهَدُ عَلَى التِّسْعَةِ أَنَّهُمْ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَلَوْ شَهِدْتُ عَلَى الْعَاشِرِ قُلْتُ مَنِ التِّسْعَةُ» قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى حِرَاءٍ «اثْبُتْ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ أَوْ صِدِّيقٌ أَوْ شَهِيدٌ» قَالَ وَمَنِ التِّسْعَةُ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ وَعَلِيٌّ وَطَلْحَةُ وَالزُّبَيْرُ وَسَعْدٌ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ» قُلْتُ مَنِ الْعَاشِرُ قَالَ «أَنَا»