We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when Surah al-Jumuah was revealed to him. When he recited "And others among them who have not yet joined them" [Jumuah 62:3], a man asked, "Messenger of Allah, who are these people?"The Prophet ﷺ did not respond to him until he had asked once, twice, or three times. Salman Farsi was among us. The Prophet ﷺ then placed his hand on Salman and said, "If faith were at the Pleiades, some men from these people would still reach it."
حدثنا قتيبة بن سعيد حدثنا عبد العزيز يعني ابن محمد عن ثور عن أبي الغيث
كنا جلوسا عند النبي ﷺ إذ نزلت عليه سورة الجمعة فلما قرأ {وآخرين منهم لما يلحقوا بهم} قال رجل من هؤلاء يا رسول الله فلم يراجعه النبي ﷺ حتى سأله مرة أو مرتين أو ثلاثا قال وفينا سلمان الفارسي قال فوضع النبي ﷺ يده على سلمان ثم قال لو كان الإيمان عند الثريا لناله رجال من هؤلاء