By Imam Ibn Al-Jawzi This succinct work by Imam Ibn al-Jawzi recounts the lives of the Companions mentioned together in the well-known Prophetic narration found in Sunan al-Tirmidhi: "Abū Bakr is in Paradise. 'Umar is in Paradise. 'Uthmän is in Paradise. 'Ali is in Paradise. Talhah is in Paradise Al-Zubayr is in Paradise. 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf is in Paradise. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqaş is in Paradise. Sa'id ibn Zayd is in Paradise, and Abū 'Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah is in Paradise." The author focuses on these ten great personalities who owned towering courage, tenacity and ethics. They were sincerely committed to Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ) and for the supremacy of the Din he was sent with. They spread the divine Message to the farthest lands and in doing so, left a lasting impact upon those who came after them. He brings their anecdotes, biographical data and the major achievements they scored. Pages 112
