Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34114 — Reports on Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

Sadaqah bin al-Muthanna (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I heard my grandfather, Riyah bin al-Harith (may Allah have mercy on him), say: I was present with Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was in the great mosque of Kufah, and all the people were gathered to his right and his left. Then a man from the people of Madinah arrived, who was called Sa'id bin Zayd bin Amr bin Nufayl (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) welcomed him and seated him by his feet on the couch. While they were in that state, a man from the people of Kufah entered, who was called Qays bin Alqamah. He faced Sayyiduna al-Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him) and reviled, and reviled again. The man from Madinah said to him: "O Mughirah bin Shu'bah, whom is this young man reviling?" Al-Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "He is reviling 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! Take heed! Am I to hear the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) being reviled in your presence, while you neither object nor change it? I bear witness concerning the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to what my two ears heard and what my heart preserved, for I will never narrate a lie from him after him, such that he would question me about it when I meet him, that he said: 'Abu Bakr is in Paradise, Umar is in Paradise, Uthman is in Paradise, Ali is in Paradise, Talhah is in Paradise, al-Zubayr is in Paradise, Abd al-Rahman bin Awf is in Paradise, and Sa'd is in Paradise. And there is a ninth; if I wished to name him, I could name him.'" The narrator said: Then the people of the mosque came out, adjuring him by Allah and asking: "O Companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who was the ninth?" He said: "You have adjured me by Allah, and Allah is Great. I am the ninth of the believers, and the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is the tenth." Then he went on to say: "By Allah, a battlefield at which one man among the Companions was present for a single day in the path of Allah with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is more excellent than the deeds of any one of you, even if he were given a lifespan as long as that of Nuh (peace be upon him)."