Ahnaf bin Qais (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I was in Madinah Munawwarah when I saw a man whom, as soon as people saw him, they began to avoid him. I asked him, "Who are you?" He replied, "I am the companion of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him)." I asked him, "Then why are these people avoiding you?" He said, "I stop them from accumulating wealth just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to stop them."

Mutarrif says that once I was sitting with some people of the Quraysh when a man came and started praying. He would perform ruku and sujood, then stand up and again perform ruku and sujood, and would not sit in between. I said, "By Allah! It seems as if he does not know anything, whether to end the prayer with salam on even or odd rak'ahs." The people said to me, "Why don't you go to him and explain to him?" So I went to him and said, "O servant of Allah! It seems that you do not know whether to end the prayer on even or odd rak'ahs." He said, "Allah knows, I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) say: 'Whoever performs a sajdah for Allah, Allah writes for him one good deed, forgives one sin, and raises him one degree.'" I asked him, "Who are you?" He replied, "I am Abu Dharr." So I returned to my companions and said, "May Allah give you a bad reward on behalf of your companions; you sent me to teach religion to a companion of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)."

Sa’sa’ah bin Mu’awiyah says that once I came to Hazrat Abu Dharr Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him,“What wealth do you possess?”He replied,“My wealth is my deeds.”I requested him to narrate a hadith, so he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said,“If three minor children of a Muslim couple die, Allah Almighty will forgive that husband and wife. And any Muslim who spends two pairs from his wealth in the way of Allah, the gatekeepers of Paradise will come quickly before him, and each of them will call him towards himself.”

Nuaim bin Qanab says that I was heading towards "Rabadha". Shortly after, Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) also arrived. He said something to his wife and she replied back to him. This happened twice. Then Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "You people cannot go beyond the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that a woman is like a rib; if you try to straighten her, she will break, otherwise you will have to live with her as she is, with her crookedness and foolishness."

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.

Once, Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) stood among his people and said, "O Banu Ghifar! Do not disagree in what you say, because the truthful and trusted Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has told me that on the Day of Resurrection, people will be gathered in three groups: one will be of riders who will eat, drink, and wear clothes; the second group will be of those walking and running, upon whose faces the angels will impose fire and they will be driven towards Hell." Someone asked, "We have understood about these two groups, but what will be the matter of those walking and running?" He replied, "Allah Almighty will send a calamity upon the riding animals so that no riding animal will remain. That is why, in the world, if a man has a very fine garden and is given an extremely furious she-camel, it is obvious that he will not be able to ride it."

Ghudaif bin Harith says that once he passed by Hazrat Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with him), and Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Ghudaif is an excellent young man." Then he met Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), who said, "Brother! Pray for my forgiveness." Ghudaif said, "You are a companion of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and you are more deserving that you pray for my forgiveness." He replied, "I heard Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) say that Ghudaif is an excellent young man, and the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that Allah Almighty has made the truth flow on Umar's tongue and heart."

Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that on the Day of Judgment, I will be the closest among you to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), because I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that on the Day of Judgment, the one among you who will be closest to me will be the one who returns from this world in the same state in which I leave him. By Allah, there is no one among you except me who has not attached himself to something of this world.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once at the time of sunset, I was in the mosque with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "O Abu Dharr! Do you know where this sun goes?" I replied, "Allah and His Messenger know best." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "It goes and prostrates before its Lord, then seeks permission to return, which is granted to it. When it is said to it, 'Return to where you came from,' it returns to its rising place. That is its place of settlement." Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "The sun runs on its fixed course."

A man says that once we collected some things to go and give them to Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him). So we reached "Rabadha" and started searching for him, but he was not found there. Someone informed us that he had sought permission to go for Hajj, which was granted to him. So we reached Mina. While we were sitting with him, someone came and informed him that Hazrat Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) had led four rak‘ahs of prayer in Mina. This weighed heavily on Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said some harsh words, saying: "I have prayed with the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and he prayed two rak‘ahs, and I have also prayed in the same way with Hazrat Abu Bakr and Umar (may Allah be pleased with them)." Then Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and prayed four rak‘ahs. Someone said to him: "Earlier you criticized the action of the Commander of the Faithful, but now you are doing the same thing yourself." He replied: "To differ (with the leader) is even more severe." The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) once addressed us in a sermon and said: "After me, a king will come; do not humiliate him. Whoever wishes to humiliate him, it is as if he has removed the rope of Islam from his own neck, and his repentance will not be accepted until he closes the hole which he has opened, but he will not do so. Then if he returns, he will be among those who honor (the leader)." The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) also commanded that we should not be overcome regarding three things: continue to enjoin good, continue to forbid evil, and continue to teach people the Sunnahs.