Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Khurash that he says: I saw Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) at the place of Rabdha, and with him was a Sahma’ or Shahba’ woman. The narrator says: Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) was in a black tent. The narrator says: It was said to Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), "If only you had kept a woman of higher status than this one." The narrator says: He replied, "By Allah! For me to keep a woman who lowers my status is more beloved to me than to keep a woman who raises my status." People said, "O Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him)! You are grieved because of your children; none of your children remain." The narrator says: Upon this, he said, "We praise and glorify Allah who takes our children from us in the abode of mortality and stores them for us in the abode of permanence." The narrator says: Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) used to sit on a mat made of sackcloth and hair. People said to him, "O Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him)! If only you made a bedding softer than this one of yours?" Upon this, he said, "Allahumma ghufran (O Allah! Grant forgiveness)." "Whatever is given to me, you may take it. For we have been created as workers for that house, and to it we must return."