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Abu Ad-Darda' reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Nothing is heavier on the scale than good character."  

الأدب المفرد:٢٧٠b – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الوَلِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ أَبِي بَزَّةَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَطَاءٍ الْكَيْخَارَانِيِّ عَنْ أُمِّ الدَّرْدَاءِ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ شَىْءٍ أَثْقَلُ فِي الْمِيزَانِ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْخُلُقِ  

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abudawud:4799 – [Chain 1] Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī And Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar [Chain 2] Ibn Kathīr > Shuʿbah > al-Qāsim b. Abū Bazzah > ʿAṭāʾ al-Kaykhārānī > Um al-Dardāʾ > Abū al-Dardāʾ

The Prophet ﷺ said: There is nothing heavier than good character put in the scale of a believer on the Day of Resurrection. Abu al-Walid said: I heard 'Ata al-Kaikharani say: Abu Dawud said: His name is 'Ata b. Ya'qub. He is the maternal uncle of Ibrahim b. Nafi'. He is called Kaikharani or Kukharani.  

أبو داود:٤٧٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ وَحَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ أَبِي بَزَّةَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ الْكَيْخَارَانِيِّ عَنْ أُمِّ الدَّرْدَاءِ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ شَىْءٍ أَثْقَلُ فِي الْمِيزَانِ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْخُلُقِ قَالَ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَطَاءً الْكَيْخَارَانِيَّ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَهُوَ عَطَاءُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ وَهُوَ خَالُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ نَافِعٍ يُقَالُ كَيْخَارَانِيٌّ وَكَوْخَارَانِيٌّ