Sa’eed bin Zaid (Radhiyallahu ‘Anhu) akiwatetea Maswahaabah (Radhiyallahu’ Anhum)

Katika hafla moja, wakati Mugheerah bin Shu’bah (Radhiyallahu ‘Anhu) alikuwa ameketi na watu wengine ndani ya msikiti wa Kufah, Saeed bin Zayd (Radhiyallahu’ Anhu) aliingia msikitini. Mugheerah (Radhiyallahu ‘Anhu) alimsalimia na kwa heshima, alimwuliza aketi kwenye jukwaa lililoinuliwa mbele yake.

Baada ya muda kidogo, mtu wa Kufah aliingia msikitini na akaanza kumtukana na kuongea vibaya kuhusu mtu fulani. Sa’eed bin Zaid (Radhiyallahu ‘Anhu) alimuuliza Mugheerah (Radhiyallahu’ Anhu), “Mtu huyu anamzungumzia nani?” Mugheerah (Radhiyallahu ‘Anhu) akajibu, “Anamtukana Ali bin Abi Taalib (Radhiyallahu’ Anhu).”

Sa’eed bin Zaid (Radhiyallahu ‘Anhu) alikasirika sana na akamwita Mugheerah (Radhiyallahu’ Anhu) kwa jina lake mara tatu, “Ewe Mugheerah bin Shu’bah! Ewe Mugheerah bin Shu’bah! Ewe Mugheerah bin Shu’bah! ” Kisha akasema, “Kwa nini nasikia swahaba wa Rasulullah (Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wasallam) akitukanwa mbele yako na unakaa kimya na humzuwi mtu huyo? Ninashuhudia kwamba nilimsikia Rasulullah (Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wasallam) akitaja hadith (kwa kuzingatia maswahaabah zake). Nilisikia hadithi hii na masikio yangu mwenyewe na moyo wangu umehifadhi maneno yake. Sitadai uwongo wowote kwa Rasulullah (Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wasallam), kwa sababu nitaulizwa wakati Nitakutana naye (siku ya Qiyaamah). ”

Sa’eed bin Zaid (Radhiyallahu ‘Anhu) kisha akasema, “Nilimsikia Rasulullah (Sallallahu’ Alaihi Wasallam) akisema, ‘Abu Bakr yuko Jannah; Umar yuko Jannah; Ali yuko Jannah; Uthmaan yuko Jannah; Talhah yuko Jannah; Zubair yuko Jannah; Abdur Rahmaan yuko Jannah; Sa’d bin Maalik (i.e. Sa’d bin abi Waqqaas) yuko Jannah. ‘Rasulullah (Sallallahu’ Alaihi Wasallam) kisha akataja jina la mtu wa tisa na pia akampa bashara njema za Jannah, na nikitaka kuchukua jina lake sasa, basi naweza kufanya hivyo. ”

Waislamu ambao walikuwa wamekusanyika katika Msikiti huo wa Kufah wakati huo wakambembeleza wakisema, “Ewe rafiki wa Rasulullah (Sallallahu ‘Alaihi wasallam), tafadhali tujulishe ni nani mtu wa tisa. ”

Sa’eed bin Zaid (Radhiyallahu ‘Anhu) akajibu, “Kwa kuwa nyinyi mmeniuliza kwa jina la Allah Ta’ala, nitakujulisha. Mimi ndiye mtu wa tisa (ambaye alipewa bashara njema za Jannah na Rasulullah (Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wasallam)) na mtu wa kumi alikuwa Rasulullah (yaani kwenye huo mkusanyiko Abu Ubaidah alikuwa hayupo lakini alikuwepo kwenye mkusanyiko mwengine ambapo Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) alitoa bashara njema kwa watu kumi na yeye akiwepo).

Sa’eed bin Zaid (Radhiyallahu ‘Anhu) kisha akachukua kiapo na kuwaambia watu wakisema, “safari moja, ambayo Swahaaba alishiriki na Rasulullah (Sallallahu’ Alaihi Wasallam), ambayo uso wake ulifunikwa na vumbi, ni mkubwa zaidi (mbele ya Allah Ta’ala) kuliko matendo yote ya yoyote kati yenu (ambaye sio swahaaba), hata ikiwa ungepewa maisha marefu kama Nooh (‘Alaihis salaam) [na ulitumia maisha yako yote kufanya matendo mema]. ” (Musnad Ahmad #1629)