Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ قَالَا نَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ نَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ الْقُرَشِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّكَ نَبِيُّ قَالَ مَا عَلِمْتُ حَتَّى أُعْلِمْتُ ذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا ذَرِّ أَتَانِي مَلَكَانِ وَأَنَا بِبَعْضِ بَطْحَاءَ مَكَّةَ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَهُوَ هُوَ قَالَ فَزِنْهُ بِرُجَلٍ فَوُزِنْتُ بِرَجُلٍ فَرَجَحْتُهُ قَالَ فَزِنْهُ بِعَشَرَةٍ فَوَزَنَنِي بِعَشَرَةٍ فَوَزَنْتُهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ زِنْهُ بِمِائَةٍ فَوَزَنَنِي بِمِائَةٍ فَرَجَحْتُهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ زِنْهُ بِأَلْفِ فَوَزَنَنِي بِأَلْفٍ فَرَجَحْتُهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِلْآخَرِ لَوْ وَزَنْتَهُ بِأُمَّتِهِ رَجَحَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِلْآخَرِ شُقَّ بَطْنَهُ فَشَقَّ بَطْنِي فَأَخْرَجَ مِنْهُ فَغُمَّ الشَّيْطَانُ وَعَلَّقَ الدَّمَ فَطَرَحَهَا فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِلْآخَرِ اغْسِلْ بَطْنَهُ غَسْلَ الْإِنَاءِ وَاغْسِلْ قَلْبَهُ غَسْلَ الْمُلَاءِ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِالسَّكِينَةِ كَأَنَّهَا رَهْرَهَةٌ بَيْضَاءُ فَادْخِلَتْ قَلْبِي ثُمَّ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ خَطَّ بَطْنَهُ فَخَاطَ بَطْنِي وَجَعَلَا الْخَاتَمَ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيَّ فَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا وَلِيًّا عَنِّي كَأَنَّمَا أُعَايِنُ أَوْ فَكَأَنَّمَا أُعَايِنُ الْأَمْرَ مُعَايَنَةً وَزَادَ ابْنُ مَعْمَرٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ فَجَعَلُوا يَنْثُرُونَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ كِفَّةِ الْمِيزَانِ وَهَذَا الْكَلَامُ لَا نَعْلَمُهُ يُرْوَى عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةُ مِنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّكَ نَبِيُّ قَالَ مَا عَلِمْتُ حَتَّى أُعْلِمْتُ ذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا ذَرِّ أَتَانِي مَلَكَانِ وَأَنَا بِبَعْضِ بَطْحَاءَ مَكَّةَ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَهُوَ هُوَ قَالَ فَزِنْهُ بِرُجَلٍ فَوُزِنْتُ بِرَجُلٍ فَرَجَحْتُهُ قَالَ فَزِنْهُ بِعَشَرَةٍ فَوَزَنَنِي بِعَشَرَةٍ فَوَزَنْتُهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ زِنْهُ بِمِائَةٍ فَوَزَنَنِي بِمِائَةٍ فَرَجَحْتُهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ زِنْهُ بِأَلْفِ فَوَزَنَنِي بِأَلْفٍ فَرَجَحْتُهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِلْآخَرِ لَوْ وَزَنْتَهُ بِأُمَّتِهِ رَجَحَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِلْآخَرِ شُقَّ بَطْنَهُ فَشَقَّ بَطْنِي فَأَخْرَجَ مِنْهُ فَغُمَّ الشَّيْطَانُ وَعَلَّقَ الدَّمَ فَطَرَحَهَا فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِلْآخَرِ اغْسِلْ بَطْنَهُ غَسْلَ الْإِنَاءِ وَاغْسِلْ قَلْبَهُ غَسْلَ الْمُلَاءِ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِالسَّكِينَةِ كَأَنَّهَا رَهْرَهَةٌ بَيْضَاءُ فَادْخِلَتْ قَلْبِي ثُمَّ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ خَطَّ بَطْنَهُ فَخَاطَ بَطْنِي وَجَعَلَا الْخَاتَمَ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيَّ فَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا وَلِيًّا عَنِّي كَأَنَّمَا أُعَايِنُ أَوْ فَكَأَنَّمَا أُعَايِنُ الْأَمْرَ مُعَايَنَةً وَزَادَ ابْنُ مَعْمَرٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ فَجَعَلُوا يَنْثُرُونَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ كِفَّةِ الْمِيزَانِ وَهَذَا الْكَلَامُ لَا نَعْلَمُهُ يُرْوَى عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةُ مِنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ
English Translation
'Amr ibn 'Ali and Muhammad ibn Ma'mar narrated to us, they said: Abu Dawud narrated to us, he said: Ja'far ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Uthman al-Qurashi narrated to us, he said: 'Umar ibn 'Urwah ibn al-Zubayr narrated to me, he said: I heard 'Urwah ibn al-Zubayr narrating from Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: We said: "O Messenger of Allah, how did you know that you are a Prophet?" He said: "I did not know until I was informed of it, O Abu Dharr. Two angels came to me while I was in one of the valleys of Makkah. One of them said to the other: 'Is it him?' He said: 'Weigh him against a man.' So I was weighed against a man and I outweighed him. He said: 'Weigh him against ten.' So I was weighed against ten and I outweighed them. Then he said: 'Weigh him against a hundred.' So I was weighed against a hundred and I outweighed them. Then he said: 'Weigh him against a thousand.' So I was weighed against a thousand and I outweighed them. Then one of them said to the other: 'If you weighed him against his entire nation, he would outweigh them.' Then one of them said to the other: 'Split open his belly.' So he split open my belly and took out from it the portion of Satan and the clot of blood and cast them away. Then one of them said to the other: 'Wash his belly as one washes a vessel, and wash his heart as one washes a garment.' Then he called for tranquility (sakinah) - it was like a white, shimmering thing - and it was placed in my heart. Then one of them said to his companion: 'Sew up his belly.' So he sewed up my belly and they placed the seal between my shoulders. As soon as they departed from me, it was as if I was seeing the matter with my own eyes." Ibn Ma'mar added in his narration: "And they began falling off from me from the side of the scale." This narration - we do not know it to be narrated from Abu Dharr except through this chain, and we do not know whether 'Urwah heard from Abu Dharr.