Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:7923 حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمُعَلَّى الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِئُ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ جَمِيلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْقَاسِمَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِخَشَفَةٍ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا يَا جِبْرِيلُ؟ فَقَالَ هَذَا بِلَالٌ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ الضُّعَفَاءُ وَالْمَسَاكِينُ وَإِذَا أَقَلُّ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ الْأَغْنِيَاءُ وَالنِّسَاءُ قُلْتُ لَهُ مَا هَذَا يَا جِبْرِيلُ؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْأَغْنِيَاءَ يُحْبَسُونَ عِنْدَ بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ يُحَاسَبُونَ وَيُمَحَّصُونَ وَأَمَّا النِّسَاءُ فَأَلْهَاهُنَّ الْأَحْمَرَانِ الذَّهَبُ وَالْحَرِيرُ ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ الثَّمَانِيَةِ فَإِذَا بِالْمِيزَانِ فَأَخَذَ كِفَّةً فَوُضِعَ فِيهَا جَمِيعُ أُمَّتِي وَجُعِلْتُ فِي الْكِفَّةِ الْأُخْرَى فَرَجَحَتْ بِهِمْ ثُمَّ عُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ أُمَّتِي رَجُلًا رَجُلًا فَاسْتَبْطَأْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ قُلْتُ مَا حَبَسَكَ؟ فَبَكَى إِلَيَّ وَبَكَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كُنْتُ هُنَاكَ وَرَاءَ الْبَابِ أُحَاسَبُ وَأُمَحَّصُ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنِّي لَنْ أَرَاكَ وَلَنْ تَرَانِي
English Translation
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "I entered Paradise and heard a footstep ahead of me. I asked: 'Who is this, O Jibril?' He said: 'This is Bilal, the mu'adhin.' I looked, and the majority of the people of Paradise were the weak and the poor, and the fewest people of Paradise were the wealthy and women. I asked: 'What is this, O Jibril?' He said: 'The wealthy are held at the gate of Paradise being held accountable and scrutinized. As for the women, the two red things distracted them - gold and silk.' Then I went out to the eight gates of Paradise, and there was the Scale. One pan was taken and all of my Ummah was placed in it, and I was placed in the other pan, and I outweighed them. Then my Ummah was presented to me man by man, and I waited long for 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf. When he came, I said: 'What delayed you?' He wept to me and I wept to him. He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I was there behind the gate being held accountable and scrutinized until I thought I would never see you and you would never see me.'"