It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I presented myself in the service of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was sitting in the shade of the Ka'bah. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said twice, "By the Lord of the Ka'bah! Those people are in loss." A severe grief overtook me and as I tried to compose myself, I began to think that perhaps something new had happened concerning me. So I asked, "Who are those people? May my parents be sacrificed for you." The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "The wealthy, except for the one who distributes (his wealth) among the servants of Allah in such and such a way, but such people are very few. Whoever dies leaving behind goats, camels, or cows on which he did not pay zakat, they will come on the Day of Judgment healthier than before and will trample him with their hooves and gore him with their horns, until judgment is passed among the people. Then one animal after another will continue to come."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On the Day of Resurrection, a man will be brought and it will be said, "Present before him his minor sins." Thus, his minor sins will be brought before him and his major sins will be concealed. He will be asked, "Did you do such and such on such and such a day?" He will confess to every sin and will not deny any of them, and he will be fearful because of his major sins. At that time, it will be commanded, "For every sin, give him one good deed." He will say, "I have many sins that I do not see here yet." Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) says that at this, I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) laughing so much that his blessed teeth became visible.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me, "Abu Dharr! Look around in the mosque and see who appears to be the most distinguished person." I looked around and saw a man wearing a fine garment, so I pointed towards him. Then he said, "Now look and see who appears to be the lowest in rank." I looked around and saw a man wearing old clothes, so I pointed towards him. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "This man, on the Day of Resurrection, will be better in the sight of Allah than the first man, even if the earth is filled with the likes of the first man."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The people who will love me the most in my Ummah will be those who will come after me, and each one of them will wish that he could give his family and all his wealth in order to see me.

Jasrah bint Dajajah says that once she was going for Umrah. When she reached the place of Rabdhah, she heard Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) saying that once the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) led the people in the Isha prayer. After the prayer, the noble companions (may Allah be pleased with them) stepped back and began to offer voluntary prayers. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), seeing this, returned to his tent. When he saw that the people had left, he came back to his place and began to offer voluntary prayers. I came from behind and stood behind the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured to me with his right hand, so I went and stood on his right side. After a little while, Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) also came and stood behind us. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured to him with his left hand, so he went and stood on the left side. In this way, the three of us stood in prayer, and each of us was offering his own prayer and reciting as much of the Holy Qur’an as Allah willed. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) kept repeating a single verse in his standing position until the time for Fajr prayer arrived. When morning came, I gestured to Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) to ask the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) about the action of the night, but he replied with a gesture of his hand that he would not ask the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) anything until he himself mentioned it. So, gathering courage, I myself said,“May my parents be sacrificed for you! You kept reciting a single verse of the Holy Qur’an all night, even though you have the entire Qur’an. If any one of us had done this, we would have been angry with him. If people find out, they will even stop praying.”I said,“Should I not give this glad tidings to the people?”The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said,“Why not?”So I turned my neck and started to go, and had only gone as far as a stone could be thrown, when Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said,“If you send him with this message to the people, they will become heedless of worship.”Upon this, the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) called him back, and he returned. And that verse was: (إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ)“O Allah! If You punish them, they are Your servants, and if You forgive them, then surely You are the Mighty, the Wise.”

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

Muawiyah bin Hudaij once passed by Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) who was standing by his horse. He asked, "Why do you take such care of your horse?" He replied, "I believe that this horse's supplication is accepted." He asked him, "What do you mean by the supplication of an animal?" Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "By Him in Whose hand is my soul, there is no horse that does not supplicate every day at the time of suhoor: 'O Allah, You have made one of Your servants my owner and placed my sustenance in his hand, so make me more beloved to him in his sight than his family, wealth, and children.'"

Abdullah bin Shaqiq (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I said to Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), "I wish I had seen the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so that I could have asked him just one question." He (Abu Dharr) said, "What question would you have asked him?" He (Abdullah) said, "I would have asked whether you have seen your Lord?" Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I have already asked him that question, and in response he said, 'I saw a light, how could I see Him?'"

Abu Murthad says that I asked Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), "Did you ask the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) about the Night of Qadr?" He replied, "I was the one who asked the most about it. I asked, 'O Messenger of Allah! Tell me, is the Night of Qadr in the month of Ramadan or in some other month?' The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, 'No, rather it is in the month of Ramadan.' I asked, 'Did it remain with the previous Prophets (peace be upon them) as long as they were Prophets, and when they passed away it was lifted, or will it remain until the Day of Resurrection?' The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, 'No! It will remain until the Day of Resurrection.' I asked, 'In which part of Ramadan does the Night of Qadr occur?' The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, 'Seek it in the first ten or the last ten.' Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) began to narrate a hadith, and during this I was overcome by drowsiness. When I became alert, I asked, 'In which twenty nights does it occur?' The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, 'Seek it in the last ten nights, and do not ask me any more questions.' The Prophet (peace be upon him) began to narrate a hadith again, and I was again overcome by heedlessness. When I became alert, I said, 'O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), I ask you by the right I have over you, tell me in which ten nights it occurs?' At this, the Prophet (peace be upon him) became so angry that since I had been in his company, I had never seen him so angry, and he said, 'Seek it in the last seven nights, and do not ask me any more questions.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I submitted in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), which deed is the most virtuous?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "To have faith in Allah and to strive in His path." I asked, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), which slave is best to set free?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "The one who is most precious and valuable to his owner." I asked, "What if I do not find such a slave?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Help someone in need or work for a needy person." I asked, "What if I am unable to do even that?" He said, "Keep people safe from your harm, for this too is a charity that you give from yourself."