Husayn narrated to us, al-Mubarak narrated to us, Abu Na‘amah narrated to me, ‘Abdullah ibn al-Samit narrated to me that Abu Dharr said to him: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "O Abu Dharr, there will be leaders." Then he mentioned the hadith.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we observed the fasts of Ramadan with the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not perform Qiyam (night prayer) with us for the entire month. When the 24th night came, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Qiyam with us until about a third of the night had passed. When the next night came, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not perform Qiyam with us again. On the 26th night, he performed such a long Qiyam with us that about half of the night had passed. I said, "O Messenger of Allah! If only you would continue to lead us in prayer for the rest of the night?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "When a person stands with the Imam and remains with him until he finishes, it is as if he has spent the whole night in prayer." On the next night, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) again did not perform Qiyam with us. On the 28th night, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gathered his family, and the people also gathered. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer for so long that we feared missing 'Falah.' I asked about the meaning of 'Falah,' and he explained that it means Suhoor (pre-dawn meal). Then he said, "O nephew! After that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not perform Qiyam with us on any night of the month."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty says, "I have made oppression unlawful for Myself and for My servants, so do not oppress one another. All the children of Adam commit sins day and night, then they seek forgiveness from Me, so I forgive them, and it does not matter to Me." Furthermore, the Lord says: "O children of Adam, all of you are astray except the one whom I guide. And every one of you is naked except the one whom I clothe. Every one of you is hungry except the one whom I feed. And every one of you is thirsty except the one whom I give drink. Therefore, seek guidance from Me, I will guide you. Ask Me for clothing, I will clothe you. Ask Me for food, I will feed you. And ask Me for water, I will give you drink."

"O My servants! If the first and the last of you, the jinn and mankind, the small and the great, the men and the women, were to gather together upon the heart of the most pious man among you, it would not increase My dominion in the least. And if the first and the last of you, the jinn and mankind, the small and the great, the men and the women, were to gather together upon the heart of the most disbelieving man among you, it would not decrease My dominion in the least, not even as much as the tip of a needle dipped into the sea and then taken out."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I asked the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Which was the first mosque built on earth? The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Masjid al-Haram. I asked: Then which one? He said: Masjid al-Aqsa. I asked: What was the interval between the two? The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Forty years. I asked: Then which mosque? The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then wherever you find the time for prayer, perform it there, for the whole earth is a mosque.

And Ibn Ja'far narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from Sulayman, he said: I heard Ibrahim al-Taymi, and he mentioned its meaning.

Abu Al-Aliyah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once Ubaidullah bin Ziyad delayed a prayer from its prescribed time. I asked Abdullah bin Samit (may Allah have mercy on him) about this, so he struck my thigh and said, "I asked my friend Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) the same question, so he struck my thigh and said, 'I asked my beloved (the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him) the same question, so he said: Perform the prayer at its prescribed time. If you have to join these people (in prayer), then pray with them again (with the intention of nafl). Do not say, 'I have already prayed, so I will not pray now.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If a person does not even have the rear part of a camel saddle in front of him, then his prayer will be invalidated if a woman, a donkey, or a black dog passes in front of him. The narrator asked: What is the difference between a black dog and a red dog? Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: Nephew! I also asked the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) the same question as you have asked me, so the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The black dog is a devil.

Ahnaf bin Qais (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I was present in Madinah Munawwarah. I was participating in a gathering "in which some people from the Quraysh were also sitting" when a man came (he approached them and said: Glad tidings to those who accumulate wealth, of the branding that will be branded on their backs and will come out from their bellies, and of the branding that will be branded on the nape and will come out from their foreheads). Then he went away to one side. I followed him until he sat down near a pillar. I said to him: I see that these people were not pleased with your words? He said: Once my beloved friend Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him) called me and said: O Abu Dharr! I replied: At your service. He said: Do you see the mountain of Uhud? I raised my gaze and looked at the sun because I thought he would send me for some task, so I replied: I see it. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I do not like that I should have gold equal to this mountain; I would spend all of it except for three dinars.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I do not like that Mount Uhud be turned into gold for me and that when I depart from this world, even one or half a dinar from it remains with me, except if I have kept it for the sake of a creditor.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned some things for which a person receives reward, and among them he also mentioned "approaching one's wife." The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) submitted, "O Messenger of Allah! Does a person receive reward even for fulfilling his desire?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Tell me, if he were to fulfill it in a forbidden way, would he not be sinful for it?" The people replied, "Yes." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Just as there would be punishment (for sin), in the same way there is reward (for doing it lawfully)."