The Prophet ﷺ said regarding the verse "And thus We have made you a middle nation" [Baqarah 2:143], "Meaning, just."
حدثنا أحمد بن منيع حدثنا أبو معاوية حدثنا الأعمش عن أبي صالح
عن النبي ﷺ في قوله {وكذلك جعلناكم أمة وسطا} قال عدلا
Agreed upon. Bukhari reported it (no. 4488) from the hadith of Sufyan Thawri, and Muslim (no. 526) from the hadith of Abdullah bin Dinar, with the same wording.On this topic there are also narrations from Amr bin Awf Muzani [Bukhari in Tarikh al-Kabir: 6/307], Ibn Umar [previously mentioned: 2962], Umarah bin Aws [Abu Naeem in Marifat Sahabah: 4/2079, no. 5229], and Anas bin Malik [Muslim, no. 527].