عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذْ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ سُورَةُ الْجُمُعَةِ فَلَمَّا قَرَأَ وَآخَرِينَ مِنْهُمْ لَمَّا يَلْحَقُوا بِهِمْ [سورة الجمعة: ٣] قَالَ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَلَمْ يُرَاجِعْهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى سَأَلَهُ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا وَفِينَا سَلْمَانُ الْفَارِسِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ فَوَضَعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدَهُ عَلَى سَلْمَانَ وَقَالَ لَوْ كَانَ الْإِيمَانُ عِنْدَ الثُّرَيَّا لَنَالَهُ رِجَالٌ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ
Narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that we were sitting with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when Surah Al-Jumu’ah was revealed to him. When he recited this verse: {وَآخَرِینَ مِنْہُمْ لَمَّا یَلْحَقُوا بِہِمْ} … “and among others of them who have not yet joined them.” Someone asked: O Messenger of Allah! Who are those people meant by this? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not reply, but when he repeated the question once, twice, or three times, and among us was Sayyiduna Salman al-Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him), the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his hand on his shoulder and said: If faith were near the Pleiades, even then a man from his people would attain it from there.