Salman Farsi(as) his knowledge and status

Jabir ibn Abdillah reported that Prophet Muhammad (saw) said: “Every nation has an enlightened one and the enlightened one of this nation is Salman.” So they said to him: “O Messenger of God. what is meant by an enlightened one?” Then he said: “He tells us about what is hidden from the people. Of that which they need.” One said to him: “How so, O Messenger of God?” He said: “Because he is knowledgeable about my knowledge of me, what is in his heart. Of the knowledge of what was and what will be.” 

📚Al-Hidayat-ul-Kubra P544-545

Mas’adah Ibn Sadaqah reported that Imam As-Sadiq (as) said: “One day, the caution (Taqiyyah) was mentioned to Ali Zain-ul-Abidin (as), whereupon he said: “By God, if Abu Dharr had known what Salman carries in his heart, he would have killed him and the Prophet Muhammad (saw) brothered them together. So what do you expect from the other creatures? The knowledge of the knowledgeable is difficult to comprehend. No one can bear it except a sent prophet or a close angel or a faithful servant whose heart is tested by God for faith. Salman became one of these knowledgeable ones, for he is a man who belongs to us the people of the house. Therefore, i have counted him among the knowledgeable.” 

📚Al-Kafi  V1, P252

أحمد بن إدريس، عن عمران بن موسى، عن هارون بن مسلم، عن مسعدة ابن صدقة، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: ذكرت التقية يوما عند علي بن الحسين عليهما السلام فقال: والله لو علم أبو ذر ما في قلب سلمان لقتله ولقد آخا رسولالله صلى الله عليه وآله بينهما، فما ظنكم بسائر الخلق، إن علم العلماء صعب مستصعب، لا يحتمله إلا نبي مرسل أو ملكمقرب أو عبد مؤمن امتحن الله قلبه للايمان، فقال: وإنما صار سلمان من العلماء لأنه أمرء منا أهل البيت، فلذلك نسبتهإلى العلماء

 From Abu Basir from Abu Ja`far(as) .  He said:

Al-Muhajirin and al-Ansar, and others after that, came to Ali(as) .  So they said to him: You, by Allah, are Amir al-Muminin and you, by Allah, are the most rightful of the people and the closest to the Prophet(saw). Give us your hand that we might pledge allegiance to you, for by Allah we will certainly die in front of you. So Ali(as) said: If you are truthful, then come to me in the morning with shaven (heads). And none but these three(Abu Dhar, Salman and Miqdad) shaved.

Grading Al Khoei- Sahih

📚Mujam Rijal Al-Ahadith V19,P341

Isa Ibn Hamzah reported that he asked Imam As-Sadiq (as) : “What of the tradition about the four?” He said: “Which one is it?” I said: “The four for whom the Paradise has longed for.” He said: “Yes, to them belongs Salman, Abu Dharr, Al-Miqdad and Ammar.” I said: “Who is the best of them?” He said: “Salman.” Then he kept silent for a while, saying: “Salman acquired such knowledge that Abu Dharr would have disbelieved if he had known.” 

📚Al-Ikhtisas P12

حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن يحيى، عن أحمد بن إدريس، عن عمران بن موسى، عن موسى ابن جعفر البغدادي، عن عمرو بنسعيد المدائني، عن عيسى بن حمزة قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله عليه السلام: الحديث الذي جاء في الأربعة، قال: وما هو؟قلت، الأربعة التي اشتاقت إليهم الجنة، قال: نعم منهم سلمان وأبو ذر والمقداد وعمار، قلت: فأيهم أفضل؟ قال: سلمان، ثمأطرق، ثم قال: علم سلمان علما لو علمه أبو ذر كفر

From Yaqoob bin Shuaib from Abi Abdullah (as) that he said:

“Between Isa (as) and Muhammad (saw) there was a gap of five hundred years out of which for two hundred and fifty years there was neither a prophet nor any learned one from Allah who was apparent. I (the narrator) asked: What did the people follow? The Imam replied: They followed the religion of Isa (as) . I asked: What was their actual condition? He replied: They were believers. Then he said: The earth never remains devoid of a learned one.” Among those who roamed in the lands in search of divine proof was Salman Farsi (as). He continued to move from one  learned to another and moved from one jurisprudent to another and remained in the pursuit of divine secrets. He gained guidance through narrations. He awaited for the Qaim, the Qaim and the chief of the formers and the latters, Muhammad (saw) for four hundred years till he received the glad tidings of his birth. When he became certain of deliverance he set out for Tahama and he was taken a captive there.

📚Kamaaluddin V1,P443-444

حدثنا أبي رحمه الله قال حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار عن يعقوب بن يزيد عن محمد بن أبي عمير عن سعد بن أبي خلف عن يعقوب بنشعيب عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال كان بين عيسى وبين محمد عليهما السلام خمسمائة عام منها مائتان وخمسون عاما ليس فيها نبيولا عالم ظاهر قلت فما كانوا قال كانوا متمسكين بدين عيسى عليه السلام قلت فما كانوا قال كانوا مؤمنين ثم قال عليه السلام ولا يكونالأرض إلا وفيها عالم وكان ممن ضرب في الأرض لطلب الحجة سلمان الفارسي رضي الله عنه فلم يزل ينتقل من عالم إلى عالم ومن فقيهإلى فقيه ويبحث عن الأسرار ويستدل بالأخبار منتظرا لقيام القائم سيد الأولين والآخرين محمد صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم أربعمائة سنة حتىبشر بولادته فلما أيقن بالفرج خرج يريد تهامة فسبي

Ja’far As-Sadiq (as) reported that the Prophet Muhammad (saw) said to Salman(as) : “O Salman, if you had shown your knowledge to Miqdad, he would have become disbelieving, o Miqdad, if you had shown your knowledge to Salman, he would have become disbelieving.” 

📚Ikhtiyar Ma’rifat Ar-Rijal V1 Page 47

طاهر بن عيسى الوراق، رفعه إلى محمد بن سفيان، عن محمد بن سليمان الديلمي، عن علي بن أبي حمزة، عن أبيبصير، قال سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: يا سلمان لو عرض علمك على مقدادلكفر، يا مقداد لو عرض علمك على سلمان لكفر