Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37389 — The words of Salman

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: We stopped at a place called al-Sifah, and we saw (there) a man sleeping in the shade of a tree. The sun had nearly reached him. He said: I said to the servant: "Take this leather mat and shade this man." The narrator said: So he shaded him. When the man woke up, it turned out to be Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him). The narrator said: I came to him and greeted him. The narrator said: Then Sayyiduna Salman said: "O Jarir, adopt humility for the sake of Allah, for whoever humbles himself for the sake of Allah, Allah Almighty will raise him on the Day of Resurrection. O Jarir, do you know what the darknesses of the Day of Resurrection are?" The narrator said: I said: "I do not know." He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "People's oppression of one another in the world." Then he (may Allah be pleased with him) took a twig that I could scarcely see between his two fingers and said: "O Jarir, if you were to look for a twig like this in Paradise, you would not find it." The narrator said: I said: "O Abu Abdullah, where then will the date palms and other trees be?" He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Their roots will be of pearls and gold, and on top of them will be fruit."