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.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Shall I not tell you of an act that is superior in rank to prayer, fasting, and zakat? The companions said: Why not? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Reconciling between people who have fallen apart, for causing discord and corruption among such people is the shaver (that shaves off religion).

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever hears something from someone, and that person does not want that statement to be mentioned with reference to him, then it is a trust, even if he does not explicitly ask for it to be kept secret.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained the Quranic verse "For them are glad tidings in the life of this world" by saying that what is meant by glad tidings are good dreams which a Muslim sees himself or which someone else sees for him.

Abu Abdur Rahman Salami says that there was a man among us whose mother kept insisting that he should get married. When he got married, his mother ordered him to divorce his wife (but he refused). Then that man went to Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him about this issue. He replied, "I neither advise you to divorce her nor to keep her, but I heard the Prophet say that the father is the middle gate of Paradise. Now it is up to you whether you protect it or let it go." That man left and divorced his wife.

Abdullah bin Yazid says that I asked Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib about the lizard, and he declared it disliked. I said to him, "Your people eat it?" He replied, "They might not know." Upon this, a man present there said, "I heard this hadith from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade every animal obtained through plunder, that which is snatched, or every predator that hunts with its canine teeth." Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib affirmed this.