What is the true number of the Companions of the Cave, as Allah, the Exalted, says: "And they will say, 'Seven, and the eighth of them was their dog.' Say, 'My Lord is most knowing of their number; none knows them except a few'"?
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The preponderant opinion is that the number of the People of the Cave was seven, and their dog was the eighth, which is consistent with what was narrated from Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him.
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