Hadith 346
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنِ ابْنِ شَوْذَبٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ دِينَارٍ يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ أَبِي غَالِبٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَتْ: زَارَنَا سَلْمَانُ مِنَ الْمَدَائِنِ إِلَى الشَّامِ مَاشِيًا، وَعَلَيْهِ كِسَاءٌ وَانْدَرْوَرْدُ، قَالَ: يَعْنِي سَرَاوِيلَ مُشَمَّرَةً، قَالَ ابْنُ شَوْذَبٍ: رُؤِيَ سَلْمَانُ وَعَلَيْهِ كِسَاءٌ مَطْمُومُ الرَّأْسِ سَاقِطُ الأُذُنَيْنِ، يَعْنِي أَنَّهُ كَانَ أَرْفَشَ. فَقِيلَ لَهُ: شَوَّهْتَ نَفْسَكَ، قَالَ: إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ خَيْرُ الاخِرَةِ.
Sayyida Umm Darda (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) came to visit us in Syria on foot from Mada’in. He was wearing a cloak and trousers whose cuffs were rolled up. Ibn Shawdhab said: Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) was seen in such a state that he had wrapped himself in a cloak, his head was shaved, and his ears were hanging and large. He was asked: Have you disfigured your appearance? He replied: True goodness is the goodness of the Hereafter.
