167 - ‘Abdullāh narrated to us: My father narrated to me: Muhammad ibn ‘Ubayd narrated to us: Ismā‘īl ibn Abī Khālid narrated to us, from ‘Atiyya al-‘Awfī, 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 a star is seen on the horizon of the sky. Abū Bakr and ‘Umar are indeed among them, and well deserving they are.”