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(1). 3310. Abū Hurairah said: "We were with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ when Sūrat Al-Jumu'ah was revealed, so he recited it until he reached: And others among them who have not yet joined them.[1] A man said to him: 'O Messenger of Allāh! Who are these people who have not yet joined us?' But he did not say anything to him." He said: "Salmān [Al-Fārīsī] was among us." He said: "So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ placed his hand upon Salmān and said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! If faith were on Pleiades then men among these people would reach it.'"[2] (Sahīh)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Gharīb. 'Abdullāh bin Ja'far is the father of 'Alī bin Al-Madīnī, and he was graded weak by Yahyā bin Ma'īn. This Hadīth has been related from Abū Hurairah through other routes. Abul-Ghaith's (a narrator in the chain) name is Sālim, the freed slave of 'Abdullāh bin Muṭī [from Al-Madinah, and he is trustworthy]. Thawr bin Zaid is from Al-Madinah, and Thawr bin Yazīd is from Ash-Shām.
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Footnotes
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[1] Al-Jumu'ah 62:3.
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[2] Similar preceded under no. 3261.
Commentary
The advent of the Prophet ﷺ was not only for the unlettered people of Arabia. It was [and is] in fact for those, too, who had yet not joined the circle of Islam and they would become Muslim later. He aimed that not only the Arabs but the non-Arabs would also join the fold of Islam. The meaning of putting his hand on Salmān Al-Farisi was an indication for non-Arabs that the role of those people in service to Islam will be golden and admirable.
