Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ صَدَقَةَ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنِي جَدِّي رِيَاحُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَنَّ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ كَانَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَكْبَرِ وَعِنْدَهُ أَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ يُدْعَى سَعِيدَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ فَحَيَّاهُ الْمُغِيرَةُ وَأَجْلَسَهُ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى السَّرِيرِ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْمُغِيرَةَ فَسَبَّ وَسَبَّ فَقَالَ مَنْ يَسُبُّ هَذَا يَا مُغِيرَةُ قَالَ يَسُبُّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ يَا مُغِيرَ بْنَ شُعْبَ يَا مُغِيرَ بْنَ شُعْبَ ثَلَاثًا أَلَا أَسْمَعُ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُسَبُّونَ عِنْدَكَ لَا تُنْكِرُ وَلَا تُغَيِّرُ فَأَنَا أَشْهَدُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَا سَمِعَتْ أُذُنَايَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَإِنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ أَرْوِي عَنْهُ كَذِبًا يَسْأَلُنِي عَنْهُ إِذَا لَقِيتُهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعُمَرُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعَلِيٌّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعُثْمَانُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَطَلْحَةُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَالزُّبَيْرُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَسَعْدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَتَاسِعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَوْ شِئْتُ أَنْ أُسَمِّيَهُ لَسَمَّيْتُهُ قَالَ فَضَجَّ أَهْلُ الْمَسْجِدِ يُنَاشِدُونَهُ يَا صَاحِبَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ مَنْ التَّاسِعُ قَالَ نَاشَدْتُمُونِي بِاللَّهِ وَاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنَا تَاسِعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعَاشِرُ ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ ذَلِكَ يَمِينًا قَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَمَشْهَدٌ شَهِدَهُ رَجُلٌ يُغَبِّرُ فِيهِ وَجْهَهُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عَمَلِ أَحَدِكُمْ وَلَوْ عُمِّرَ عُمُرَ نُوحٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام.
English Translation
Al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah was in the grand mosque with the people of Kufa around him. A man called Sa'id ibn Zayd came, and al-Mughirah greeted him and seated him at his feet on the raised platform. Then a man from Kufa came and began cursing. Sa'id asked: 'Who is this man cursing, O Mughirah?' He said: 'He is cursing Ali ibn Abi Talib.' Sa'id said: 'O Mughir ibn Shu'b! O Mughir ibn Shu'b!' — three times — 'Do I hear the Companions of the Messenger of Allah being cursed in your presence while you neither denounce it nor change it? I bear witness regarding the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) with what my ears heard and my heart preserved — for I would not narrate a lie about him, as he would ask me about it when I meet him — that he said: Abu Bakr is in Paradise, Umar is in Paradise, Ali is in Paradise, Uthman is in Paradise, Talhah is in Paradise, al-Zubayr is in Paradise, Abd al-Rahman is in Paradise, Sa'd ibn Malik is in Paradise, and the ninth of the believers is in Paradise. If I wished to name him, I would.' The people of the mosque clamored: 'O Companion of the Messenger of Allah, who is the ninth?' He said: 'You have implored me by Allah, and by Allah the Almighty — I am the ninth of the believers, and the Messenger of Allah is the tenth.' Then he followed that with an oath: 'By Allah, a battle in which a man gets his face dusty alongside the Messenger of Allah is better than the deeds of any of you, even if he were to live the lifespan of Nuh (Noah, peace be upon him).'