AbdurRahman ibn al-Akhnas said that when he was in the mosque, a man mentioned Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). So Sa'id ibn Zayd got up and said: I bear witness to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that I heard him say: Ten persons will go to Paradise: The Prophet ﷺ will go to Paradise, AbuBakr will go to Paradise, Umar will go to Paradise, Uthman will go to Paradise, Ali will go to Paradise, Talhah will go to Paradise: az-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam will go to paradise, Sa'd ibn Malik will go to Paradise, and AbdurRahman ibn Awf will go to Paradise. If I wish, I can mention the tenth. The People asked: Who is he: So he kept silence. The again asked: Who is he: He replied: He is Sa'id ibn Zayd.

أَشْهَدُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ عَشْرَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ النَّبِيُّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعُمَرُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعُثْمَانُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعَلِيٌّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَطَلْحَةُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَالزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَسَعْدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَلَوْ شِئْتَ لَسَمَّيْتُ الْعَاشِرَ قَالَ فَقَالُوا مَنْ هُوَ فَسَكَتَ قَالَ فَقَالُوا مَنْ هُوَ فَقَالَ هُوَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ

[Machine] "Do you hear the companions of the Messenger of Allah being insulted in your presence? Do not deny or change, for I bear witness to the Messenger of Allah with what my ears have heard and my heart has comprehended from the Messenger of Allah. I did not fabricate lies about him when I was asked about him. If I were to meet him and someone asked me about him, I would say that Abu Bakr is in Paradise, and Umar is in Paradise, and Ali is in Paradise, and Uthman is in Paradise, and Talhah is in Paradise, and Zubayr is in Paradise, and Abdur-Rahman is in Paradise, and Saad ibn Malik is in Paradise, and the ninth of the believers is in Paradise. If I were to name him, I would name him. The people in the mosque became agitated and asked him, "O companion of the Messenger of Allah, who is the ninth?" He said, "You have asked me by Allah and Allah is Great. I am the ninth of the believers, and the Messenger of Allah is the tenth. Then he pointed with his right hand and said, "I swear by Allah, a man's witness in which his face is covered with the Messenger of Allah is better than the deed of any of you, even if he lived the lifespan of Prophet Noah, ﷺ ."

أَنَّ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ كَانَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَكْبَرِ وَعِنْدَهُ أَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ يُدْعَى سَعِيدَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ فَحَيَّاهُ الْمُغِيرَةُ وَأَجْلَسَهُ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى السَّرِيرِ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْمُغِيرَةَ فَسَبَّ وَسَبَّ فَقَالَ مَنْ يَسُبُّ هَذَا يَا مُغِيرَةُ؟ قَالَ يَسُبُّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ يَا مُغِيرَ بْنَ شُعْبَ يَا مُغِيرَ بْنَ شُعْبَ ثَلاثًا أَلا أَسْمَعُ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يُسَبُّونَ عِنْدَكَ؟ لَا تُنْكِرُ وَلا تُغَيِّرُ فَأَنَا أَشْهَدُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِمَا سَمِعَتِ أذُنَايَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِنِّي لَمْ أَكُنِ أرْوِي عَنْهُ كَذِبًا يَسْأَلُنِي عَنْهُ إِذَا لَقِيتُهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعُمَرُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعَلِيٌّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعُثْمَانُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَطَلْحَةُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَالزُّبَيْرُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَسَعْدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَتَاسِعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَوْ شِئْتُ أَنْ أُسَمِّيَهُ لَسَمَّيْتُهُ قَالَ فَضَجَّ أَهْلُ الْمَسْجِدِ يُنَاشِدُونَهُ يَا صَاحِبَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَنِ التَّاسِعُ؟ قَالَ نَاشَدْتُمُونِي بِاللهِ وَاللهِ عَظِيمِ أَنَا تَاسِعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَوَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْعَاشِرُ ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ ذَلِكَ يَمِينًا قَالَ وَاللهِ لَمَشْهَدٌ شَهِدَهُ رَجُلٌ يُغَبِّرُ فِيهِ وَجْهَهُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عَمَلِ أَحَدِكُمْ وَلَوْ عُمِّرَ عُمُرَ نُوحٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ

AbdurRahman ibn al-Akhnas said that when he was in the mosque, a man mentioned Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). So Sa'id ibn Zayd got up and said: I bear witness to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that I heard him say: Ten persons will go to Paradise: The Prophet ﷺ will go to Paradise, AbuBakr will go to Paradise, Umar will go to Paradise, Uthman will go to Paradise, Ali will go to Paradise, Talhah will go to Paradise: az-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam will go to paradise, Sa'd ibn Malik will go to Paradise, and AbdurRahman ibn Awf will go to Paradise. If I wish, I can mention the tenth. The People asked: Who is he: So he kept silence. The again asked: Who is he: He replied: He is Sa'id ibn Zayd. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4649)

أَشْهَدُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «عَشْرَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعُمَرُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعُثْمَانُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعَلِيٌّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَطَلْحَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَالزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَسَعْدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ» وَلَوْ شِئْتُ لَسَمَّيْتُ الْعَاشِرَ قَالُوا مَنْ هُوَ؟ فَسَكَتَ فَقَالُوا مَنْ هُوَ؟ فَقَالَ «سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ»

[Machine] I bear witness that I testify for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with what my ears have heard and my heart has preserved, and I have never lied about him. Whenever someone asked me about him when I met him, he would say, "Abu Bakr is in Paradise, Umar is in Paradise, Ali is in Paradise, Uthman is in Paradise, Talha is in Paradise, Zubayr is in Paradise, Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf is in Paradise, and Sa'd ibn Malik is in Paradise." And if I wanted to name the ninth, I would have named myself. The residents of the mosque would call out to him, "O companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , who is the ninth?" He would respond, "You call upon me by Allah the Almighty, I am the ninth of the believers, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is the tenth."

أَشْهَدُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِمَا سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَايَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي وَإِنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ لِأَرْوِيَ عَلَيْهِ كَذِبًا يَسْأَلُنِي عَنْهُ إِذَا لَقِيتُهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعُمَرُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعَلِيٌّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعُثْمَانُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَطَلْحَةُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَالزُّبَيْرُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَسَعْدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ» وَتَاسِعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَوْ شِئْتُ أَنْ أُسَمِّيَهُ لَسَمَّيْتُهُ فَرَجَّ أَهْلُ الْمَسْجِدِ يُنَاشِدُونَهُ يَا صَاحِبَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَنِ التَّاسِعُ؟ قَالَ «نَاشَدْتُمُونِي بِاللهِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنَا تَاسِعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْعَاشِرُ»