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darimi:14ʿAbdullāh b. ʿImrān > Abū Dāwud > Jaʿfar b. ʿUthmān al-Qurashī > ʿUmar b. ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr from his father > Abū Dhar al-Ghifārī

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, how did you come to know that you are a prophet until you were certain?" He said, "O Abu Dharr, two angels came to me while I was at one of the hills of Makkah and one of them fell to the ground while the other was between the sky and the earth. One of them said to his companion, 'Is it him?' His companion replied, 'Yes.' Then he said, 'Weigh him against a man.' So I was weighed against him, and I outweighed him. Then he said, 'Weigh him against ten,' and I outweighed them. Then he said, 'Weigh him against one hundred,' and I outweighed them. Then he said, 'Weigh him against one thousand,' and I outweighed them. It was as if I could see them being scattered due to the light weight of the scale. Then one of them said to his companion, 'If you were to weigh him against his entire Ummah (nation), he would outweigh them.'"  

الدارمي:١٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْقُرَشِيُّ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيِّ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ حَتَّى اسْتَيْقَنْتَ؟ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَتَانِي مَلَكَانِ وَأَنَا بِبَعْضِ بَطْحَاءِ مَكَّةَ فَوَقَعَ أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَكَانَ الْآخَرُ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ أَهُوَ هُوَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ زِنْهُ بِرَجُلٍ فَوُزِنْتُ بِهِ فَوَزَنْتُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ فَزِنْهُ بِعَشَرَةٍ فَوُزِنْتُ بِهِمْ فَرَجَحْتُهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ زِنْهُ بِمِائَةٍ فَوُزِنْتُ بِهِمْ فَرَجَحْتُهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ زِنْهُ بِأَلْفٍ فَوُزِنْتُ بِهِمْ فَرَجَحْتُهُمْ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ يَنْتَثِرُونَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ خِفَّةِ الْمِيزَانِ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ لَوْ وَزَنْتَهُ بِأُمَّتِهِ لَرَجَحَهَا  


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"عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ الله كَيْفَ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّكَ نبيٌّ حَتَّي عَلمِتَ ذَلِكَ وَسَلَفْتَ أَنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ قَالَ: بَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَتَانِي مَلَكَانِ وَأَنَا بِبَعْضِ بَطْحَاءِ مَكَّةَ، فَوَقَعَ أَحَدُهُمَا بِالأَرْضِ، وَكَانَ الآخَرُ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لصاحبه: أَهُوَ هُوَ؟ قَالَ: هُوَ هُوَ، فَقَالَ: زِنْهُ بِرَجُلٍ، فَوُزِنْتُ بِرَجُلٍ فَرَجَحْتُهُ، ثُمَ قَالَ: زِنْه بِعَشرَةٍ، فَوَزَنَنِي بِعَشَرَةٍ فوزنتهم، فَقَالَ زِنْهُ بِمِائَةٍ فَوَزَنُونِي بِمِائَةٍ فَرَجَحْتُهُمْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: زِنْهُ بِأَلْفٍ فَوَزَنُونِي بِأَلْفٍ فَرَجَحْتُهُمْ، فَجَعَلُوا يَنْتَشروُنَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ كفَّةِ الْمِيزَانِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِلآخَرِ: لَوْ وَزَنْتَهُ بِأمَّتِهِ لَرَجَحَهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ أحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ: شُقَّ بَطنَهُ، فَشَقَّ بَطنِي، ثُمَّ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ: خِطْ بَطْنَهُ، فَخَاطَ بَطْنَهُ، فَجَعَلَا الْخَاتَمَ بَينَ كَتِفَيَّ، فَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ وَلَّيَا عَنِّي، فَكَأنَّمَا أُعَايِنُ الأَمْرَ مُعَايَنَةً. . . .".  

الدارمي، والروياني، والحبائي في فوايده