Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَالِمٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي حَفْصَةَ وَالْأَعْمَشُ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صُهْبَانَ وَكَثِيرٌ النَّوَّاءُ وَابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ الْعَوْفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الدَّرَجَاتِ الْعُلَى لَيَرَاهُمْ مَنْ تَحْتَهُمْ كَمَا تَرَوْنَ النَّجْمَ الطَّالِعَ فِي أُفُقٍ مِنْ آفَاقِ السَّمَاءِ أَلَا وَإِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَأَنْعَمَا.
English Translation
Ibn Fudayl told us, Salim - meaning Ibn Abi Hafsah - and al-A'mash, and Abdullah ibn Suhban, and Kathir al-Nawwa', and Ibn Abi Layla told us, from Atiyyah al-'Awfi, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people of the high ranks will be seen by those below them just as you see a rising star in one of the horizons of the sky. Indeed, Abu Bakr and Umar are among them, and how blessed they are."