Arabic (Original)
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ قَالَ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي خِلَافَةِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ لَا يَمُوتُ عُثْمَانُ حَتَّى يُسْتَخْلَفَ قُلْنَا مِنْ أَيْنَ تَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ رَأَيْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ فِي الْمَنَامِ كَأَنَّهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي وُزِنُوا فَوُزِنَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَوَزَنَ ثُمَّ وُزِنَ عُمَرُ فَوَزَنَ ثُمَّ وُزِنَ عُثْمَانُ فَنَقَصَ صَاحِبُنَا وَهُوَ صَالِحٌ.
English Translation
He said: Abu al-Nadr told us, he said: Shayban told us, from Ash'ath, from al-Aswad ibn Hilal, from a man of his people, who said: He used to say, during the caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab, "Uthman will not die until he is made caliph." We said, "How do you know that?" He said: I heard the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, say, "I saw tonight in a dream as if three of my Companions were weighed: Abu Bakr was weighed and he outweighed; then Umar was weighed and he outweighed; then Uthman was weighed and our companion fell short - yet he is righteous."