مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب المناقب
The Book of Merits
(فَضِيلَةُ حَضْرَةِ سَلْمَانَ الفَارِسِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَأَهْلِ فَارِسَ)
(The virtue of Hazrat Salman al-Farisi, may Allah be pleased with him, and the people of Persia)
Hadith 6253
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: [وَإِنْ تَتَوَلَّوْا يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُوا أمثالكم] قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ ذَكَرَ اللَّهُ إِنْ تَوَلَّيْنَا اسْتُبْدِلُوا بِنَا ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُوا أَمْثَالَنَا؟ فَضَرَبَ عَلَى فَخِذِ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ ثُمَّ قَالَ: «هَذَا وَقَوْمُهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ الدِّينُ عِنْدَ الثُّرَيَّا لَتَنَاوَلَهُ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الْفُرْسِ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
Abu Huraira told that God's messenger recited this verse, "If you turn back He will substitute other people for you and they will not be like you," and the people asked, "Messenger of God, who are these people of whom God has mentioned that they will be substituted for us if we turn back and will not be like us?" He struck Salman al-Farisi on the thigh and said, "This man and his people. If the religion were in the Pleiades men from among the Persians would attain to it." Tirmidhi transmitted it.
