Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 32504 — Reports on the dreams the Prophet

Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Bakrah narrates from his father (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: We came with Ziyad as a delegation to Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), and he was not as pleased with any delegation as he was with us. The narrator says that he said: "O Abu Bakrah! Tell us something you heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." He said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say, and he used to like good dreams, about which he (peace and blessings be upon him) would be asked; he was saying: 'I saw in a dream that a scale was sent down from the sky. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and I were weighed in it, and I outweighed Abu Bakr. Then Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) were weighed, and Abu Bakr outweighed him. Then Umar and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) were weighed, and Umar outweighed Uthman. Then the scale was taken up to the sky.'" Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is a caliphate of prophethood; after that Allah Almighty will give kingship to whomever He wills." Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah says: Then we were seized by the napes of our necks and put out.