Praise of Abu Dharr

478. Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad Al-Ashary, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Asbaat, from Sa’daan Bin Muslim, from some of our companions, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام having said: ‘There was a man in Al-Medina who entered the Masjid of the Messenger صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and he said, ‘Grant me comfort in my anxiety, and company for my loneliness, and sustenance of a righteous companion’. There was a man seated in the corner of the Masjid. So he greeted him and said to him, ‘Who are you, O servant of Allah عز وجل?’ So he (ar) said: ‘I (ar) am Abu Dharr (ar)’. The man said, ‘Allah عز وجل is Great! Allah عز وجل is Great!’ So Abu Dharr (ar) said: ‘And why did you exclaim that, O servant of Allah عز وجل?’ He said, ‘I entered the Masjid, so I supplicated to Allah عز وجل Mighty and Majestic to Grant me comfort in my anxiety, and company for my loneliness, and sustenance of a righteous companion’. So Abu Dharr (ar) said to him, ‘I (ar) have more right for the exclamation than you are if I (ar) was that companion, for I (ar) heard the Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم saying: ‘I صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and you (ar) would be upon a canal on the Day of Judgement until the people are free from the Accounting. Arise (and leave) O servant of Allah عز وجل for the authorities have prohibited for anyone to be seated with me (ar)’.