Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #29468

Ali bin Hajar told us, Abdullah bin Jafar told us, Thawr bin Zayd al-Dili told me, on the authority of Abu al-Ghaith, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, he said: We were With the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, when Surat Al-Jumu’ah was revealed and he recited it, and when he reached the message: (And others of them when they joined them A man said to him, “O Messenger of God, one of those who did not join us, so he did not speak to him.” He said, “And Salman the Persian is among us.” He said, “So the Messenger of God God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, placed his hand on Salman and said, “By the One in whose hand is my soul, if faith were in the Pleiades, men from these people would have taken it.” “Abu Issa said: This is a strange hadith. This hadith was narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah, on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, in more than one way. And Abdullah Ibn Ja'far is the father of Ali Ibn Al-Madini. He was weakened by Yahya Ibn Ma'in. Thawr Ibn Zaid is a Madani, Thawr Ibn Yazid is a Syrian, and Abu Al-Ghaith’s name is Salem, a trustworthy client of Abdullah bin Muti’ Madani.