Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الدَّرَجَاتِ الْعُلَى يَرَاهُمْ مَنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تَرَوْنَ الْكَوْكَبَ الطَّالِعَ فِي الْأُفُقِ مِنْ آفَاقِ السَّمَاءِ وَإِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَأَنْعَمَا.
English Translation
Waki' told us, from al-A'mash, from Atiyyah ibn Sa'd, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed the people of the high ranks will be seen by those below them just as you see a star rising on the horizon of the sky, and indeed Abu Bakr and Umar are among them, and how blessed they are."