عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:" إِنَّ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ سَبْعَةَ نُجَبَاءَ رُقَبَاءَ وَأُعْطِيْتُ أَنَا أَرْبَعَةَ عشرَة قُلْنَا: مَنْ هُمْ؟ قَالَ: "أَنَا وَابْنَايَ وَجَعْفَرٌ وَحَمْزَةُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَمُصْعَبُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ وَبِلَالٌ وَسَلْمَانُ وَعَمَّارٌ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَبُو ذَر والمقداد. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ

`Ali reported God's messenger as saying, "Every prophet has seven eminent men who are guardians, but I have been given fourteen." `Ali was asked who they were and replied, "I, my two sons, Ja'far, Hamza, Abu Bakr, `Umar, Mus'ab b. `Umair, Bilal, Salman, `Ammar, `Abdallah b. Mas`ud Abu Dharr and al-Miqdad." Tirmidhi transmitted it.