Question:
Assalamualikum,
Please could you tell me if the Hadith mentioning of 10 companions being promised paradise is a fabricated Hadith or is it a true Hadith? I am finding it very hard to believe it now after doing some reading.
Thank you
Answer:
Wa `alaykum salam,
Article 95 of Imam Tahawi’s `Aqidah states:
We believe that the ten companions, those whom the Prophet (s) named and gave the glad tidings that they would go to Paradise, as he said, and what he said is true. Those companions are Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, `Umar, `Uthman, Sayyidina `Ali, Talha, az-Zubayr, Sa`d [ibn Abi Waqqas], Sa`eed [ibn Zayd], `Abdur-Rahman ibn `Awf and Abu `Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah, “the trustee of this ummah”. May Allah be pleased with all of them.
Taher Siddiqui
