Glad Tidings of Paradise

Hazrat Saeed (ra) bin Zaid states, “I can bear witness regarding nine people who were given glad tidings of paradise, and even if I mention the tenth person, I would not be wrong to do so.” He was asked how this was possible, to which he replied, “We were in the company of the Holy Prophet (sa) on mount Hira when all of a sudden it began to shake. Upon this, the Holy Prophet (sa) said, ‘O Hira! Steady yourself! For there is none upon this mount except for a Prophet, Siddiq [truthful] and Shaheed [a martyr].’” Hazrat Saeed (ra) was asked who those people were, to which he replied, “The Holy Prophet (sa), Abu Bakr (ra), Umar (ra), Uthman (ra), Ali (ra), Talha (ra), Zubair (ra), Sa‘d (ra) and Abdur Rahman (ra) bin Auf.” These were the nine men [who were given tidings of paradise] When he was asked about who was the tenth person, Hazrat Saeed (ra) bin Zaid paused for a while and then said: “It is I”.

(Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Abwab al-Manaqib, Bab Manaqib Abi al-A‘war…, Hadith 3757)