Hadith #174

Arabic Text

English Translation

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) — via Abu Dawud 'Umar ibn Sa'd, from Badr ibn 'Uthman, from 'Ubayd Allah ibn Marwan, from Abu 'A'isha — that he said: 'the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us one morning after sunrise and said: "I saw just before dawn as if I had been given the keys [al-maqalid] and the scales [al-mawazin]. As for the keys — they are [like] these keys. As for the scales — they are what you weigh with. I was placed in one pan and my ummah in the other — and I outweighed them. Then Abu Bakr was brought and weighed against them — and he outweighed them. Then 'Umar was brought and weighed — and he outweighed them. Then 'Uthman was brought and weighed against them — then [the vision] was lifted away."'