Al-Ma'rur bin Suwaid said: We went to Abu Dharr (RA) (Ghifari) in Rabadha and he had a mantle over him, and his slave had one like it. We said: Abu Dharr, had you joined them together, it would have been a complete garment. Thereupon he said: There was an altercation between me and one of the persons among my brothers. His mother was a non-Arab. I reproached him for his mother. He complained against me to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) . As I met Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) he said: Abu Dharr, you are a person who still has (in him the remnants) of the days (of Ignorance). Thereupon I said: Allah's Messenger, he who abuses (other) persons, they abuse (in return) his father and mother. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Abu Dharr, you are a person who still has (the remnants) of Ignorance in him. They (your servants and slaves) are your brothers. Allah has put them in your care, so feed them with what you eat, clothe them with what you wear. and do not burden them beyond their capacities; but if you burden them (with an unbearable burden), then help them (by sharing their extra burden).

Ma'rur bin Suwaid reported: I saw Abu Dharr (RA) wearing clothes, and his slave wearing similar ones. I asked him about it, and he narrated that he had abused a person during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he reproached him for his mother. That person came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and made mention of that to him. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said: You are a person who has (remnants of) Ignorance in him. Your slaves are brothers of yours. Allah has placed them in your hand, and he who has his brother under him, he should feed him with what he eats, and dress him with what he dresses himself, and do not burden them beyond their capacities, and if you burden them, (beyond their capacities), then help them.

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Dharr (RA) who said: I said to the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) : Messenger of Allah, will you not appoint me to a public office? He stroked my shoulder with his hand and said: Abu Dharr, thou art weak and authority is a trust. and on the Day of Judgment it is a cause of humiliation and repentance except for one who fulfils its obligations and (properly) discharges the duties attendant thereon.

It has been reported on the authority of Abu Dharr (RA) that the Messenger of of Allah (ﷺ) said: Abu Dharr, I find that thou art weak and I like for thee what I like for myself. Do not rule over (even) two persons and do not manage the property of an orphan.

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Dharr (RA) who said: My friend (i. e. the Holy Prophet) advised me to listen (to the man in position of authority) and obey (him) even if he were a slave maimed (and disabled).

Abu Dharr (RA) said: Allah's Messenger, what about the vessels of that Cistern? He said: By Him in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, the vessels would outnumber the stars in the sky and its planets shining on a dark cloudless night. These would be the vessels of Paradise. He who drinks out of it (the Cistern) would never feel thirsty. There would flow in it two spouts from Paradise and he who would drink out of it would not feel thirsty; and the distance between its (two corners) is that between 'Amman and Aila, and its water is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey.

Hudhab bin Khalid Azdi said: Sulaiman bin Mughira narrated to us, he said: Humaid bin Hilal informed us from Abdullah bin Samit, who said that Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I, my brother Anis, and our mother, all three of us, left from our tribe Ghifar, who used to consider the sacred months as permissible. So we went to one of our maternal uncles. He treated us well and did good to us, but his people became jealous of us and said to him: "When you leave your house, Anis commits adultery with your wife." He came to us and spread this rumor foolishly. I said: "The favor you did to us is now ruined, we cannot stay with you anymore." So we went to our camels, loaded our belongings, and our uncle wrapped himself in his cloth and began to weep. We left until we camped in front of Mecca. Anis made a bet with our camels for an equal number more. Then both went to a soothsayer, and the soothsayer said to Anis: "He is better." So Anis brought us all the camels and as many more. Abu Dharr said: "O son of my brother! I prayed three years before meeting the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." I asked: "For whom did you pray?" Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "For Allah, the Exalted." I asked: "In which direction did you face?" He said: "I faced in the direction Allah turned my face." I used to pray the Isha prayer in the last part of the night and would lie like a blanket until the sun rose. Anis said: "I have some work in Mecca, you stay here, I will go." He went and delayed his return. When he came back, I asked: "What did you do?" He said: "I met a man in Mecca who is upon your religion and says that Allah has sent him." I asked: "What do people call him?" He said: "People call him a poet, a soothsayer, and a magician." And Anis himself was a poet. He said: "I have heard the words of soothsayers, but the words this man recites are not the words of soothsayers, and I have measured his words against all the meters of poetry, but after me, no one's tongue will be able to compose poetry like it. By Allah, he is truthful and the people are liars." I said: "You stay here, I will go and see this man." Then I came to Mecca and picked out a weak person from among the people of Mecca (because a strong person might harm me), and asked him: "Where is the man whom you call a Sabi (apostate)?" He pointed at me and said: "This is the Sabi (since you are asking about the Sabi)." Hearing this, all the people of the valley attacked me with stones and bones until I fell unconscious. When I regained consciousness and stood up, I saw that I was as if a red idol (i.e., covered in blood from head to toe). Then I came to Zamzam, washed off all the blood, and drank Zamzam water. So, O my nephew! I stayed there for thirty nights or thirty days, and I had no food except Zamzam water (whenever I felt hungry, I drank it). Then I became fat until the folds of my belly hung down (from obesity), and I did not feel the weakness of hunger in my chest. Once, the people of Mecca slept on a moonlit night, and at that time no one was circumambulating the Ka'bah except two women who were calling upon Isaf and Na'ilah (Isaf and Na'ilah were two idols in Mecca; Isaf was a man and Na'ilah a woman, and the disbelievers believed that they committed adultery there, so they were transformed into idols), they came before me while circumambulating. I said: "Marry one to the other (i.e., Isaf to Na'ilah)." Hearing this, they did not desist from their act. Then I said openly: "Put wood in their private parts (i.e., this obscenity is due to the worship of Isaf and Na'ilah)," and I did not use a euphemism (i.e., I did not use indirect language but openly cursed Isaf and Na'ilah to anger those accursed women who were calling upon them in Allah's House instead of Allah)." Hearing this, both women screamed and said: "If only there was someone from our people (to punish this man for his disrespect)." On the way, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) met them as they were descending from the mountain. They asked the women: "What happened?" They said: "A Sabi has come who is hiding in the curtains of the Ka'bah." They asked: "What did this Sabi say?" They said: "He said something that fills the mouth (i.e., they could not utter it)." And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came until he kissed the Black Stone, circumambulated with his companion, and prayed. When they finished praying, Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I was the first to greet and said: 'Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah!' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.' Then he asked: 'Who are you?' I said: 'A man from Ghifar.' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) lowered his hand and placed his fingers on his forehead (as if in remembrance). I thought to myself that perhaps he disliked that I said I was from (the tribe of) Ghifar. I reached out to take his hand, but his companion (Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him), who knew more about the Prophet's condition than I did, stopped me. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head and said: 'When did you come here?' I replied: 'I have been here for thirty nights or days.' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Who feeds you?' I said: 'I have nothing except Zamzam water.' Then I became fat until the folds of my belly turned over, and I do not feel the weakness of hunger in my chest.' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Zamzam water is blessed, it is food and it fills like food.' Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Allow me to host him tonight.' Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) left, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) as well, and I went with both of them. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) opened a door and brought out some dried grapes from Ta'if; this was the first food I ate in Mecca. Then I stayed as long as I stayed, and after that I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: 'A land with date palms has been shown to me, and I think that land is none other than Yathrib.' (Yathrib was the name of Madinah). Then he said: 'Go to your people and invite them to the religion on my behalf; perhaps Allah will benefit them through you and reward you.' I went to Anis, and he asked: 'What did you do?' I said: 'I have accepted Islam and affirmed the Prophethood of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).' He said: 'I do not dislike your religion; I too have accepted Islam and affirmed his Prophethood.' Then we both went to our mother, and she said: 'I do not dislike your religion either; I too have accepted Islam and affirmed it.' Then we loaded our belongings on the camels until we reached our tribe Ghifar. Half of the tribe became Muslim, and their leader was Ima' bin Rahdah Ghifari, who was also their chief. The other half said: 'When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) comes to Madinah, we will become Muslim.' Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Madinah, and the remaining half also became Muslim. The people of (the tribe of) Aslam came and said: 'O Messenger of Allah! We too become Muslim like our Ghifari brothers.' So they also became Muslim. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Allah has forgiven Ghifar, and Allah has saved Aslam.'"

Abdullah bin Samit reported that Abu Dharr (RA) said: Son of my brother, I used to observe prayer two years before the advent of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) . I said: To which direction did you turn your face? He said: To which Allah directed me to turn my face. The rest of the hadith is the same but with this addition that they went to a Kahin and his brother Unais began to praise him until he (in verses declared) him (Unais) as winner (in the contest of poetry), and so we got his camels, mixed them with our camels, and there is in this hadith also these words that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) came there and he circumambulated the House and observed two Rak'ahs of prayer behind the Station (of Ibrahim). I came to him and I was the first amongst persons to greet him with Assalam-o-'Alaikum, and I said to Allah's Messenger Let there be peace upon you. And he said: Let there be peace upon you too; who are you? And in the hadith (these words are) also found: Since how long have you been here? And Abu Bakr (RA) said: Let him be my guest tonight.

Abu Dharr (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Go to your people and say that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) says: Ghifar (is a tribe) to whom Allah granted pardon, and Aslam (is the tribe) to whom Allah granted safety.

Abu Dharr (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: To the tribe of Aslam Allah has granted safety and to the tribe of Ghifar Allah has granted pardon.

Abu Dharr (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: You would soon conquer a land where people are in the habit of using foul language. They have a right of kinship upon you. And when you see two persons fighting for the space of a brick, then get out of that. He (Abu Dharr) then happened to pass by Rabila and 'Abdul Rahman, the two sons of Shurahbil bin Hasana, and they had been disputing for the space of a brick. So he left the land.

Abu Dharr (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: You would soon conquer Egypt and that is a land which is known (as the land of al-qirat). So when you conquer it, treat its inhabitants well. For there lies upon you the responsibility because of blood-tie or relationship of marriage (with them). And when you see two persons falling into dispute amongst themselves for the space of a brick, than get out of that. He (Abu Dharr) said: I saw Abdul Rahman bin Shurahbil bin Hasana and his brother Rabi'ah disputing with one another for the space of a brick. So I left that (land).

Abu Dharr (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: My servants, I have made oppression unlawful for Me and unlawful for you, so do not commit oppression against one another. My servants, all of you are liable to err except one whom I guide on the right path, so seek right guidance from Me so that I should direct you to the right path. O My servants, all of you are hungry (needy) except one whom I feed, so beg food from Me, so that I may give that to you. O My servants, all of you are naked (need clothes) except one whom I provide garments, so beg clothes from Me, so that I should clothe you. O My servants, you commit error night and day and I am there to pardon your sins, so beg pardon from Me so that I should grant you pardon. O My servants, you can neither do Me any harm nor can you do Me any good. O My servants, even if the first amongst you and the last amongst you and even the whole of human race of yours, and that of jinns even, become (equal in) God-conscious like the heart of a single person amongst you, nothing would add to My Power. O My servants, even if the first amongst you and the last amongst you and the whole human race of yours and that of the Jinns too in unison become the most wicked (all beating) like the heart of a single person, it would cause no loss to My Power. O My servants, even if the first amongst you and the last amongst you and the whole human race of yours and that of jinns also all stand in one plain ground and you ask Me and I confer upon every person what he asks for, it would not. in any way, cause any loss to Me (even less) than that which is caused to the ocean by dipping the needle in it. My servants, these for you I shall reward you for thern, so he who deeds of yours which I am recording finds good should praise Allah and he who does not find that should not blame anyone but his ownself. Sa'id said that when Abu Idris Khaulini narrated this hadith he knelt upon his knees.

Abu Dharr (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying that he reported it from his Lord, the Exalted and Glorious: Verily I have made oppression unlawful for Me and for My servants too, so do not commit oppression. The rest of the hadith is the same.

Abu Dharr (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Abu Dharr, when you prepare the broth, add water to that and give that (as a present) to your neighbour.

Abu Dharr (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded me thus: Whenever you prepare a broth, add water to it, and have in your mind the members of the household of your neighbours and then give them out of this with courtesy.

Abu Dharr (RA) reported: Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said to me: Don't consider anything insignificant out of good things even if it is that you meet your brother with a cheerful countenance.

Abu Dharr (RA) reported: It was said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) : What is your opinion about the person who has done good deeds and the people praise him? He said: It is glad tidings for a believer (which he has received in this mortal world).

Abu Dharr (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, stated: "He who comes with goodness, there are in store for him ten like those and even more than those: 'And he who comes with vice, ' it is only for that that he is called to account. I even forgive him (as I like) and he who draws close to Me by the span of a palm I draw close to him by the cubit, and he who draws close to Me by the cubit I draw close to him by the space (covered) by two hands, and he who walks towards Me I rush towards him, and he who meets Me in the state that his sins fill the earth, but not associating anything with Me, I would meet Him with the same (vastness) of pardon (on My behalf).

Abu Dharr (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was asked as to which words were the best. He said: Those for which Allah made a choice for His Angels and His servants (and the words are): "Hallowed be Allah and praise is due to Him."

Abu Dharr (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Should I not inform you about the words liked most by Allah? I said: Allah's Messenger, do inform me about the words liked most by Allah. He said: Verily, the words liked most by Allah are: "Hallowed be Allah and praise is due to Him."

Abu Dharr (RA) took an oath that this verse: "These two adversaries who dispute about their Lord" (xxii. 19) was revealed in connection with those who on the Day of Badr came out (of rows to fight against the non-believers and they were) Hamza, 'Ali, 'Ubaida bin Harith (from the side of the Muslims) and 'Utba and Shaiba, both of them the sons of Rabi'ah and Walid bin 'Utba (from the side of the non-believers of Makkah).

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Dharr (RA) through another chain of transmitters.