Mishkat al-Masabih 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 84

إِن سلم من عنعنة الْحسن الْبَصْرِيّ) وَعَن أبي بكرَة أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: رَأَيْتُ كَأَنَّ مِيزَانًا نَزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَوُزِنْتَ أَنْتَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ فَرَجَحْتَ أَنْتَ وَوُزِنَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ فَرَجَحَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَوُزِنَ عُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ فَرَجَحَ عُمَرُ ثُمَّ رُفِعَ الْمِيزَانُ ” فَاسْتَاءَ لَهَا رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعْنِي فَسَاءَهُ ذَلِكَ. فَقَالَ: «خِلَافَةُ نُبُوَّةٍ ثُمَّ يُؤْتِي اللَّهُ الْمُلْكَ مَنْ يَشَاءُ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ وَأَبُو دَاوُد

Abu Bakra told that a man said to God’s messenger, “I saw as though a scale descended from the sky. You and Abu Bakr were weighed and you were heavier Abu Bakr and `Umar were weighed and Abu Bakr was heavier; `Umar and `Uthman were weighed and `Umar was heavier; then the scale was taken up.” God’s messenger was grieved about that, meaning that what the man told him grieved him. He then said, “There will be a caliphate on the model of prophecy, then God will give the kingdom to whom He wills.” Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.