Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3261
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ نَجِيحٍ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ هَؤُلاَءِ الَّذِينَ ذَكَرَ اللَّهُ إِنْ تَوَلَّيْنَا اسْتُبْدِلُوا بِنَا ثُمَّ لَمْ يَكُونُوا أَمْثَالَنَا قَالَ وَكَانَ سَلْمَانُ بِجَنْبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ فَضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَخِذَ سَلْمَانَ قَالَ " هَذَا وَأَصْحَابُهُ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ كَانَ الإِيمَانُ مَنُوطًا بِالثُّرَيَّا لَتَنَاوَلَهُ رِجَالٌ مِنْ فَارِسَ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ نَجِيحٍ هُوَ وَالِدُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمَدِينِيِّ وَقَدْ رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْكَثِيرَ . وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ . وَحَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ، نَحْوَهُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مُعَلَّقٌ بِالثُّرَيَّا .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Hurayrah said: Some of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, who are the people Allah mentioned who will replace us if we turn away, and will not be like us?’ Salman was sitting beside the Messenger of Allah. The Messenger of Allah patted Salman’s thigh and said, ‘This man and his companions. By the One in whose hand is my soul, if faith were attached to the Pleiades, men from Persia would reach it.’ Abu ‘Isa said: ‘Abdullah ibn Ja‘far ibn Najih is the father of ‘Ali ibn al-Madini. ‘Ali ibn Hujr narrated many reports from ‘Abdullah ibn Ja‘far; ‘Ali related this hadith to us from Isma‘il ibn Ja‘far, from ‘Abdullah ibn Ja‘far. Bishr ibn Mu‘adh also related a similar report from ‘Abdullah ibn Ja‘far, from al-‘Ala’, but with the wording ‘if faith were hanging from the Pleiades.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
This parallel version identifies Salman’s companions as the people who would replace the Arabs and adds the saying about men from Persia attaining faith. Kept the variant verb for faith and the compiler’s biographical and chain notes.