Fadail al-Sahabah li-Ahmad ibn Hanbal - Ahmad Ibn Hanbal - (1/204)

225 – ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to me, saying: Yahyā ibn Saʿīd narrated to us, from Sadaqah ibn al-Muthannā, who said: My grandfather Riyāh ibn al-Hārith narrated to me that al-Mughīrah ibn Shuʿbah was in the great mosque, with the people of Kufa seated to his right and left. A man called Saʿīd ibn Zayd came, and al-Mughīrah greeted him and seated him on the couch at his feet. Then a man from Kufa came, faced al-Mughīrah, and began hurling abuse repeatedly.

Saʿīd asked three times, “Whom is this man insulting, Mughīr ibn Shuʿb?” He continued: “Do I not hear the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) being insulted in your presence, while you neither object nor put a stop to it? I testify concerning the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to what my ears heard and my heart retained from him. I would never attribute a lie to him for which he would question me when I meet him. He said:

‘Abū Bakr will be in Paradise; ʿUmar will be in Paradise; ʿAlī will be in Paradise; ʿUthmān will be in Paradise; Talhah will be in Paradise; al-Zubayr will be in Paradise; ʿAbd al-Rahmān ibn ʿAwf will be in Paradise; and Saʿd ibn Mālik will be in Paradise.’

“And there is a ninth believer whom I could name if I wished.”

Those in the mosque clamored, imploring him: “Companion of the Messenger of Allah, who is the ninth?”

He replied: “I am the ninth believer, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is the tenth.”

٢٢٥ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، قثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ صَدَقَةَ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي جَدِّي رَيَاحُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، أَنَّ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ كَانَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَكْبَرِ، وَعِنْدَهُ أَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ، فَجَاءَ 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 مُغِيرُ بْنُ شُعْبَ؟ ثَلَاثًا، أَلَا أَسْمَعُ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُسَبُّونَ عِنْدَكَ وَلَا تُنْكِرُ وَلَا تُغَيِّرُ. وَأَنَا أَشْهَدُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِمَا سَمِعَتْ أُذُنَايَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَإِنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ أَرْوِي 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 سَمَّيْتُهُ، فَرَجَّ أَهْلُ الْمَسْجِدِ يُنَاشِدُونَهُ: يَا صَاحِبَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ، مَنِ التَّاسِعُ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا تَاسِعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْعَاشِرُ.