Glad Tiding of Paradise
Hazrat Ali (ra) narrates, “I have heard the Holy Prophet (sa) himself say, ‘Talha (ra) and Zubair (ra) will be granted my company in Paradise.’”
(Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Abwab al-Manaqib, Bab Manaqib Abi Muhammad Talhah, Hadith 3740)
Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair (ra) narrates that the status of Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra), Hazrat Umar (ra), Hazrat Uthman (ra), Hazrat Ali (ra), Hazrat Talha (ra), Hazrat Zubair (ra), Hazrat Sa‘d (ra), Hazrat Abdur Rahman (ra) and Hazrat Saeed bin Zaid (ra) was such that they used to fight ahead of the Holy Prophet (sa) on the battlefield and would stand [immediately] behind him in prayer.
(Ali Ibn al-Athir, Usd al-Ghabah fi Ma‘rifat al-Sahabah, Vol. 3, Atiyyah bin Nuwairah (ra) [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, 2003], p. 45)
Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Akhnas (ra) relates that he was in the mosque, when an individual spoke about Hazrat Ali (ra) in a very disrespectful manner. Upon this, Hazrat Saeed bin Zaid (ra) stood up and said, “I bear witness that I have most certainly heard the Holy Prophet (sa) say that 10 individuals will certainly enter paradise. The Holy Prophet (sa) himself will enter paradise, Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) will enter paradise, Hazrat Umar (ra) will enter paradise, Hazrat Uthman (ra) will enter paradise, Hazrat Ali (ra) will enter paradise, and so too will Hazrat Talha (ra), Hazrat Zubair bin al-Awwam (ra), Hazrat Sa‘d bin Malik (ra) and Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Auf (ra) and if I wish, I could name the tenth individual as well.” The narrator states that the people enquired about the identity of the tenth individual. Hazrat Saeed bin Zaid (ra) remained silent for a short while. The narrator states that some people enquired again as to who the tenth individual was, upon this, he said, “Saeed bin Zaid”, i.e., himself.
(Sunan Abi Dawud, Kitab al-Sunnah fi al-Khulafa, Hadith 4649)