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(3). 3261. Abū Hurairah narrated: "Some people among the Companions of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! Who are these people whom Allāh mentioned, that if we turn away they would replace us, then they would not be like us?'" He said: "And Salmān was beside the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, so the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ patted Salmān's thigh and said: 'This one and his companions, and by the One in Whose Hand is my soul! If faith were suspended from Pleiades, then it would be reached by men from Persia.'" (Ḥasan) [Abū 'Eisā said:] 'Abdullāh bin Ja'far bin Najīh (a narrator in the chain) is the father of 'Alī bin Al-Madīnī. 'Alī bin Hujr reported a lot from 'Abdullāh bin Ja'far. 'Alī narrated this Ḥadīth to us from Ismā'il bin Ja'far, from 'Abdullāh bin Ja'far bin Najīh. [And Bishr bin Mu'ādḥ narrated to us (he said): "Abdullāh bin Ja'far narrated to us from Al-'Alā' similarly, except that he said: "Dangling from Pleiades."]