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tabarani:21113[Chain 1] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muḥammad b. Saʿīd al-Aṣbahānī [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʾAḥmad b. Asad > Sharīk > Khalaf b. Ḥawshab > Maymūn b. Mihrān > ʾum al-Dardāʾ

[Machine] Did you hear anything from the Prophet ﷺ? She said: Yes, I entered upon him while he was sitting in the gathering and I heard him say, "The first thing to be weighed in the balance is good character."  

الطبراني:٢١١١٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ قَالُوا ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ خَلَفِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأُمِّ الدَّرْدَاءِ

أَسَمِعْتِ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ شَيْئًا؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «أَوَّلُ مَا يُوضَعُ فِي الْمِيزَانِ الْخُلُقُ الْحَسَنِ»