Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that we presented ourselves in the form of a delegation. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: No delegation has pleased me as much as our delegation has pleased me. Then he said: O Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him)! Tell me something that you have heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say—and he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to like it when he was asked about dreams! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I saw a scale descend from the sky, then my weight and that of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was measured in it, and my side outweighed Abu Bakr’s. Then Abu Bakr’s was weighed against Umar’s, and Abu Bakr’s side outweighed. Then Umar’s was weighed against Uthman’s, and Umar’s side outweighed Uthman’s. Then the scale was lifted up towards the sky. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There will be Caliphate and Prophethood, then Allah will grant kingship to whomever He wills. The narrator says: Then we were seized by the neck and expelled.