Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abdullah bin Khurash (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I saw Hazrat Abu Dharr Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) at the place of Rabdhah. His wife's complexion was dark, or he said that she was exhausted due to hunger and weakness. They were in their dark-colored hut. Someone said to him, "O Abu Dharr! It would have been better if you had married a better woman than this!" He replied, "I prefer to marry a woman who causes a decrease in my fame and reputation rather than marry a woman who causes an increase in my name and display."