Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34129 — Reports on Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We came as a delegation to Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: Never had a delegation pleased him as much as our delegation pleased him. Then Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him), tell me something that 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) speak. Dreams used to please him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he would ask about them. I heard him (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'I saw a balance that came down from the sky. In it I and Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) were weighed, and my pan was heavier than Abu Bakr's. Then Abu Bakr was weighed against Umar, and Abu Bakr's pan was heavier. Then Umar and Uthman were weighed, and Umar's pan was heavier than Uthman's. Then the balance was raised to the sky.' Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'There will be caliphate and prophethood, then Allah will give kingship to whomever He wills.'" The narrator said: Then we were seized by the napes of our necks and expelled.