166 - ‘Abdullāh narrated to us: My father narrated to me: Wakī‘ narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from ‘Atiyya ibn Sa‘d, from Abū Sa‘īd al-Khudrī, who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:

“The inhabitants of the highest ranks will indeed be seen by those below them, just as you see a star rising on the horizon of the sky. Abū Bakr and ‘Umar are indeed among them, and well deserving they are.”