Once, Sayyiduna Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him) was sitting in the central mosque of Kufa, with the people of Kufa seated to his right and left. In the meantime, Sayyiduna Sa’id bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived. Sayyiduna Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him) welcomed him and seated him at the foot of his bed. After a while, a Kufan came and stood in front of Sayyiduna Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him) and began to curse someone. He asked:“Mughirah! Whom is he reviling?”He replied:“Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).”He called Sayyiduna Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him) by name three times and said:“In your presence, the companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) are being reviled, and you neither stop the people nor change your gathering?”I bear witness that my ears heard this from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and my heart preserved it, and I do not narrate any falsehood from him, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Abu Bakr will be in Paradise, Umar, Ali, Uthman, Talhah, Zubair, Abdur Rahman bin Awf, and Sa’d bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with them all), and a ninth Muslim will also be in Paradise.’ If I wished to name him, I could have done so.”The people of the mosque loudly adjured him, saying:“O Companion of the Messenger! Who is the ninth man?”He said:“You are making me swear by Allah, Allah’s name is very great. That ninth man is myself, and the tenth is the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself.”After that, he moved to the right and said:“By Allah! That one battle in which a person participated with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his face became dusty in it, is better than all your deeds, even if you were granted the lifespan of Nuh.”