Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Zar (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the time of Hazrat Abu Zar’s (may Allah be pleased with him) death drew near, I began to weep. He asked, “Why are you weeping?” I said, “Why should I not weep? While you are dying in such a wilderness that I have no means to bury you, nor do I have enough cloth to shroud you.” He said, “Do not weep, and receive glad tidings, for I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘Whoever dies among two or three Muslim children, and he bears their death with patience seeking reward, he will never see the fire of Hell.’ And I also heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘One of you will surely die in a wilderness, and a group of believers will be present with him.’ Now, each of those people has died in some city or among a group, and I am the one who is dying in the wilderness. By Allah, I am neither lying nor has a lie been told to me.”