It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the companions, "Are you unable to recite one third of the Qur'an in a single night?" This seemed very difficult to the companions and they said, "Who has the strength for this? We are very weak and incapable." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Allah Almighty has divided the Noble Qur'an into three parts, and Surah Ikhlas has been considered as one of those parts."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) discussing the events to come, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If you hear that a mountain has moved from its place, you may believe it, but if you hear that a man's character has changed, do not believe it, because he will return to his nature.

It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Darda that once Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) came to her in a state of extreme anger. She asked the reason, so he said, "By Allah! I do not see any of the Prophet's teachings among the people. Now, only this much remains that they gather together and perform the prayer."

It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Darda that once Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) came to her in a state of extreme anger. She asked the reason, so he said, "By Allah! I do not see any of the Prophet's teachings among the people. Now, only this much remains that they gather together and perform the prayer."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet vomited, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) broke his fast. The narrator says that then I met the freed slave of the Prophet, Hazrat Thawban, in the mosque of Damascus and said to him that Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) has told me that when the Prophet vomited, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) broke his fast. He said that Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) has spoken the truth; it was I who poured water for the Prophet.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty will not combine the dust of striving in the way of Allah and the smoke of Hell in the belly of a man. Whoever's feet become dusty in the path of Allah, Allah will make his whole body forbidden to the Fire. Whoever fasts for one day in the way of Allah, Allah distances Hell from him by a distance of one thousand years, which a swift rider could cover. Whoever receives a wound or suffers pain in the way of Allah, on the Day of Resurrection it will come forth flowing even more, but on that day its color will be like saffron and its fragrance like musk. And whoever receives a wound in the way of Allah, a seal of the martyrs is placed upon it, and the first and the last will recognize him by it and say: This is the man with the seal of the martyrs. And any Muslim who fights in the way of Allah for the time it takes for milk to flow from a she-camel’s teats, Paradise becomes obligatory for him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were on a journey with the Prophet, and due to the intensity of the heat, we would place our hands on our heads, and on that occasion, none of us was fasting except the Prophet and Hazrat Abdullah bin Rawaha.

It is narrated from Thaqib or Abu Thaqib that a man entered the mosque of Damascus and made this supplication: "O Allah! Grant me a companion in my solitude, have mercy on my estrangement, and grant me a good friend." Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) heard his supplication and said, "If you are making this supplication sincerely, then I am more fortunate than you in this supplication. I heard the Prophet interpreting this verse of the Noble Qur'an, saying that the oppressor will be held accountable for his deeds at that very place, and that will be the grief and estimation, meaning some people will be of a moderate rank, their reckoning will be easy, and these are the people who will enter Paradise without any reckoning."

Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) was planting a sapling one day in Damascus when a man passed by him and said, "You are a companion of the Prophet, and yet you are doing this work?" He replied, "Do not be hasty; I heard the Prophet say that whoever plants a sapling, and whatever a human or any creature of Allah eats from it, it becomes charity for him." The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Abu Darda, do not single out the night of Friday among other nights for standing (in prayer), nor single out Friday among other days for fasting.