Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace be upon him) said: "If the religion were at Thurayya (the Pleiades), even then people from Persia would reach there and acquire it (from there)."
Hadith Referenceمسند اسحاق بن راهويه / كتاب الفضائل / 562
Hadith Takhrij«بخاري ، كتاب التفسير ، باب قوله : (وآخرين منهم لما بلحقوا بهم) ، رقم : 4897 . مسلم ، كتاب فضائل الصحابة ، باب فضل فارس ، رقم : 2546 . سنن ترمذي ، رقم : 3261 . مسند احمد : 417/2 .»
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Abdush Shakoor Tirmidhi
Benefits: The aforementioned hadith establishes the virtue of the people of Persia, and the explanation of the above-mentioned hadith is clarified by the incident of the acceptance of faith by Sayyiduna Salman al-Farisi radi Allahu anhu. (See the incident in Musnad Ahmad: 5/441 to 444; Sirah Ibn Hisham: 1/246 to 248; Silsilah Sahihah, no. 894)