We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when Surah al-Jumuah was revealed to him, including the verse "And others among them who have not yet joined them" [Jumuah 62:3].I asked, "Who are they, Messenger of Allah?"He did not respond until I had asked three times. Salman Farsi was among us, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placed his hand on Salman and said, "If faith were at the Pleiades, Some men, or a man, from these people would reach it."
حدثني عبد العزيز بن عبد الله قال حدثني سليمان بن بلال عن ثور عن أبي الغيث
كنا جلوسا عند النبي ﷺ فأنزلت عليه سورة الجمعة {وآخرين منهم لما يلحقوا بهم} قال قلت من هم يا رسول الله فلم يراجعه حتى سأل ثلاثا وفينا سلمان الفارسي وضع رسول الله ﷺ يده على سلمان ثم قال لو كان الإيمان عند الثريا لناله رجال أو رجل من هؤلاء