ONE HADITH A DAY
Narrated by Bukhari & Muslim · Authentic hadith
عن أبي ذر رضي الله عنه قال: كنت أمشي مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في حَرَّةٍ بالمدينة، فاستقبلنا أُحُدٌ، فقال: «يا أبا ذر» قلت: لبيك يا رسول الله. فقال: «ما يَسُرُّنِي أن عندي مثل أُحُدٍ هذا ذهبًا تمضي علي ثلاثة أيام وعندي منه دينارٌ، إلا شيء أرصده لِدَيْنٍ، إلا أن أقولَ به في عباد الله هكذا وهكذا وهكذا» عن يمينه وعن شماله ومن خلفه، ثم سار، فقال: «إن الأكثرين هم الأَقَلُّونَ يوم القيامة إلا من قال بالمال هكذا وهكذا وهكذا» عن يمينه وعن شماله ومن خَلفه «وقليل ماهم». ثم قال لي: «مكانك لا تَبْرح حتى آتيك» ثم انطلق في سوادِ الليل حتى تَوارى، فسمعت صوتًا، قد ارتفع، فَتَخَوَّفْتُ أن يكون أحدٌ عَرض للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فأردت أن آتيه فذكرت قوله: «لا تَبْرَحْ حتى آتيك» فلم أبْرَحْ حتى أتاني، فقلت: لقد سمعت صوتًا تَخَوَّفْتُ منه، فذكرت له، فقال: «وهل سمعته؟» قلت: نعم، قال: «ذاك جبريل أتاني فقال: من مات من أُمتك لا يُشرك بالله شيئًا دخل الجنة»، قلت: وإن زنى وإن سرق؟ قال: «وإن زنى وإن سرق».
“Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: While I was walking with the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) in the Harrah of Madīnah, the Mount of Uhud came in sight. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Dharr!" I said: "I am at your service, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "I would not be pleased to have the like of Uhud in gold and three days pass while even one dinar thereof remains with me, except what I keep for debts. Otherwise, I would distribute it among Allah's slaves like this, and like this, and like this", pointing to his right, his left, and his back. He walked and said: "The rich ones will be the ones with the least good deeds on the Day of Judgment except those who spend their wealth like this, and like this, and like this", pointing to his right, left, and back, "but these are only few." Then he said to me: "Stay in your place. Do not leave it until I come back to you." Then he proceeded in the darkness of night until he went out of sight. I then heard a loud voice and I was afraid that someone might have attacked the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him). So I wanted to go to him, but I remembered what he had said: "Do not leave until I come back to you." Therefore, I stayed at my place until he came back to me. I said: "I heard a voice and I was afraid of it" and I mentioned that to him. He said: "Did you hear it?" I replied: 'Yes.' He said: "That was Jibrīl who came to me and said: 'Whoever died of your Ummah without associating anything with Allah will enter Paradise.'" I said: "Even if he committed fornication and theft?" He said: "Even if he committed fornication and theft."”
Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that he was walking with the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) in an area strewn with dark stones in Madīnah, and they came upon the well-known Mount of Uhud. The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said that if he had the like of Uhud in gold, he would not be pleased to keep it for more than three days, except an amount of it that he would use to settle a debt. In other words, if he had an amount of gold equal in size to the Mount of Uhud, he would spend it all in the cause of Allah, and would only keep of it what he needs to settle debts and fulfill rights due to others. This indicates that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was among the most ascetic people in this world, because he did not wish to collect wealth except only to settle his debts. When he died, his armor was pawned with a Jew for some barley that he borrowed from him to feed his family. Had the worldly life been dear to Allah, the Almighty,, He would not have deprived His Prophet of it. Indeed, the world is cursed, and everything in it is cursed, except for the remembrance of Allah and what pleases Him, as well as a scholar and a seeker of knowledge. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) further said that those who have much wealth in the world will be destitute of good deeds on the Day of Judgment, because wealthy people are mostly arrogant, feel that they are not in need of Allah, and refrain from obeying His commands. They are distracted by the pleasures of the w…