The virtues of Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf al-Zuhri, may God be pleased with him مَنَاقِبِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ الزهري رضى الله عنه ‏

حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ مِسْمَارٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَهُ فِي، نَفَرٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ عَشَرَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعُمَرُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعُثْمَانُ وَعَلِيٌّ وَالزُّبَيْرُ وَطَلْحَةُ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَأَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ وَسَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَعَدَّ هَؤُلاَءِ التِّسْعَةَ وَسَكَتَ عَنِ الْعَاشِرِ فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ نَنْشُدُكَ اللَّهَ يَا أَبَا الأَعْوَرِ مَنِ الْعَاشِرُ قَالَ نَشَدْتُمُونِي بِاللَّهِ أَبُو الأَعْوَرِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ ‏.‏أَبُو الأَعْوَرِ هُوَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ ‏.‏ وَسَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدًا يَقُولُ هُوَ أَصَحُّ مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ الأَوَّلِ ‏.‏

Salih ibn Mismar al-Marwazi narrated to us, he said: Ibn Abi Fudayk narrated to us, on the authority of Musa ibn Yaqub, on the authority of Umar ibn Sa`id, on the authority of Abd al-Rahman ibn Humayd, on the authority of his father, that Sa`id ibn Zayd narrated to him, in a group, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Ten are in Paradise: Abu Bakr is in Paradise, Umar is in Paradise, Uthman, Ali, and al-Zubayr.” And Talha, Abd al-Rahman, Abu Ubaidah, and Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas, He said: So he counted these nine and remained silent about the tenth. The people said: We ask you by God, O Abu Al-Awar, who is the tenth? He said: You ask me by God, Abu Al-Awar is in Paradise. Abu Al-Awar is Saeed bin Zaid bin Amr bin Nufail. And I heard Muhammad say: It is more authentic than the first hadith.