Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Sadaqah bin Mathna (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that I heard my grandfather, Hazrat Riyah bin Harith (may Allah have mercy on him), saying: I was present with Hazrat Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him). At that time, he (may Allah be pleased with him) was in a large mosque of Kufa, and all the people were gathered around him on his right and left. Until a person from the people of Madinah arrived, who was being called by the name Sa’eed bin Zaid bin Amr bin Nufail. So Hazrat Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah have mercy on him) welcomed him and seated him on the throne near his legs. While they were in this state, a person from the people of Kufa, who was being called by the name Qais bin Alqamah, entered. So Hazrat Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him) welcomed him as well, but he started abusing, and that person also started abusing. So the man from Madinah said to him: O Mughirah bin Shu’bah! Whom was this abuser cursing? Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: He was cursing Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)! The man from Madinah said to him twice: O Mughirah bin Shu’bah! O Mughirah bin Shu’bah! Beware, I am hearing that the companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) are being reviled in your presence, and you are neither astonished nor do you feel any honor! I bear witness upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding this matter, that my two ears heard and my heart preserved it: Surely, I do not narrate after their passing away out of fear of lying. For they will ask me when I meet them. Because he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Abu Bakr is in Paradise, and Umar is in Paradise, Uthman is in Paradise, Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) is in Paradise, Talhah is in Paradise, Zubair is in Paradise, Abdur Rahman bin Awf is in Paradise, and Sa’d is in Paradise. And as for the ninth, if I wish to name him, I can name him. The narrator says: Then the people of the mosque came out, asking him with oaths: O companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Who was the ninth? He said: You have made me swear, and Allah is very great. I am the ninth among the believers. And the Prophet of Allah is the tenth. Then after that he stated: By Allah, the rank in which a man from among the companions spent a day in the path of Allah with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), where his face became dusty, is better than the deeds of each one of you, even if he were given the lifespan of Prophet Nuh (peace be upon him).