Hadith 115

(The book) ‘Sifaat Al Shia’ – By his chain from Aamir Al Juheyni who said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww entered the Masjid and we were seated, and among us were Abu Bakr, and Umar, and Usman, and Ali-asws was in a corner. The Prophet-saww came and sat to the side of Ali-asws. He-saww went on to look right and left, then said: ‘On the right of the Throne and on the left of the Throne there will be men upon pulpits of light. Their faces will be shining with radiances (Noor)’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Bakr stood up and he said, ‘May my father and my mother be (sacrificed for) you-asws, O Rasool-Allah-saww! Am I from them? ’
He-saww said to him: ‘Sit down! ’
Then Umar stood up to him-saww. He said to him-asws similar to that. He-saww said to him: ‘Sit down! ’
When Ibn Masoud saw what the Prophet-saww had said to them both, he stood up until he was standing upright upon his feet, then said: ‘May my father and my mother be (sacrificed for) you-saww, O Rasool-Allah-saww! Describe them to us so we can recognise them with their descriptions’. He (the narrator) said, ‘He-saww tapped his-as hand upon a shoulder of Ali-asws, then said: ‘This one and his-asws Shias, they are the successful ones! ’’[129]