Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ ارْفَعْ بَصَرَكَ فَانْظُرْ أَرْفَعَ رَجُلٍ تَرَاهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ قَالَ فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ جَالِسٌ عَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ هَذَا قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ ارْفَعْ بَصَرَكَ فَانْظُرْ أَوْضَعَ رَجُلٍ تَرَاهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ ضَعِيفٌ عَلَيْهِ أَخْلَاقٌ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ هَذَا قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَهَذَا أَفْضَلُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ قُرَابِ الْأَرْضِ مِثْلِ هَذَا.
English Translation
Abu Mu'awiyah told us, al-A'mash told us, from Zayd ibn Wahb, from Abu Dharr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Dharr, raise your eyes and look at the most elevated man you see in the mosque." He said: I looked, and there was a man sitting wearing a fine garment. I said: "This one?" He said: "O Abu Dharr, raise your eyes and look at the most lowly man you see in the mosque." I looked, and there was a weak man wearing worn-out clothes. I said: "This one?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose hand is my soul, this one is better with Allah on the Day of Resurrection than an earth full of the likes of that one."