1480 — Abū Ahmad Hārūn ibn Yūsuf narrated to us, saying: Abū Marwān al-Uthmānī narrated to us, saying: My father, Uthmān ibn Khālid, narrated to me, from Abd al-Rahmān ibn Abī al-Zinād, from his father, from al-Araj, from Abū Hurayra, who said: The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

“Every prophet has a companion in Paradise, and my companion there is Uthmān ibn Affān.”