[Machine] Abu Dardaa, may Allah have mercy on him, said: "You do not truly understand all of understanding until you see different aspects of the Quran. And you do not truly understand all of understanding until you despise people for the sake of Allah, then you return to yourself and find that you despise yourself more than you despise others."  

قَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ إِنَّكَ لَا تَفْقَهُ كُلَّ الْفِقْهِ حَتَّى تَرَى لِلْقُرْآنِ وُجُوهًا وَإِنَّكَ لَا تَفْقَهُ كُلَّ الْفِقْهِ حَتَّى تَمْقُتَ النَّاسَ فِي جَنْبِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ تَرْجِعَ إِلَى نَفْسِكَ فَتَكُونَ لَهَا أَشَدَّ مَقْتًا مِنْكَ لِلنَّاسِ  

[Machine] He saw in a dream a dome made of Adamant and a green meadow around the dome with grazing sheep. He said, "Whose dome is this?" It was said, "It belongs to Abdur-Rahman bin Awf." So we waited until he came out and said, "O Awf! This is what Allah has given us through the Quran. If you had seen this building, you would have seen something that your eyes have not seen, your ears have not heard, and your heart has not conceived. Allah has prepared it for Abu Darda because he used to push away the worldly life with contentment and sacrifice."  

أَنَّهُ رَأَى فِي الْمَنَامِ قُبَّةً مِنْ آدَمَ وَمَرْجًا أَخْضَرَ وَحَوْلَ الْقُبَّةِ غَنَمًا رَبُوضًا تَجْتَرُّ وَتَبْعُرُ الْعَجْوَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِمَنْ هَذِهِ الْقُبَّةُ؟ قِيلَ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ فَانْتَظَرْنَا حَتَّى خَرَجَ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا عَوْفُ هَذَا الَّذِي أَعْطَانَا اللَّهُ بِالْقُرْآنِ وَلَوْ أَشْرَفْتَ عَلَى هَذَا الْبِنَاءِ لَرَأَيْتَ مَا لَمْ [111] تَرَ عَيْنُكَ وَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ أُذُنُكَ وَلَمْ يَخْطِرْ عَلَى قَلْبِكَ أَعَدَّهُ اللَّهُ لِأَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَدْفَعُ الدُّنْيَا بِالرَّاحَتَيْنِ وَالنَّحْرِ  

[Machine] Abu Darda saw a man at a funeral saying, "Who is this?" Abu Darda replied, "This is you, this is you," Allah says, "Indeed, you are mortal, and indeed, they are mortal." [Az-Zumar 30]  

أَنَّ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ أَبْصَرَ رَجُلًا فِي جِنَازَةٍ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ هَذَا أَنْتَ هَذَا أَنْتَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ ﷻ {إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَإِنَّهُمْ مَيِّتُونَ} [الزمر 30]  

[Machine] Abu Darda complained, so his companions entered upon him and said, "What do you complain about, Abu Darda?" He said, "I complain about my sins." They said, "What do you desire?" He said, "I desire paradise." They said, "Shouldn't we pray for you to have a doctor?" He said, "He is the one who made me bedridden."  

أَنَّ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ اشْتَكَى فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ أَصْحَابُهُ فَقَالُوا مَا تَشْتَكِي يَا أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ؟ قَالَ أَشْتَكِي ذُنُوبِي قَالُوا فَمَا تَشْتَهِي؟ قَالَ أَشْتَهِي الْجَنَّةَ قَالُوا أَلَا نَدْعُو لَكَ طَبِيبًا؟ قَالَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَضْجَعَنِي  

[Machine] Abu Darda said, "Worship Allah as if you see Him and count yourselves among the dead. Know that a little that suffices you is better than a lot that distracts you. And know that righteousness does not wither away and sin is not forgotten."  

قَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ كَأَنَّكُمْ تَرَوْنَهُ وَعُدُّوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ فِي الْمَوْتَى وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ قَلِيلًا يُغْنِيكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ كَثِيرٍ يُلْهِيكُمْ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ الْبِرَّ لَا يَبْلَى وَأَنَّ الْإِثْمَ لَا يُنْسَى  

[Machine] Call upon Allah on the day of your ease, perhaps He may respond to you on the day of your difficulties.  

ادْعُ اللَّهَ يَوْمَ سَرَّائِكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَسْتَجِيبُ لَكَ يَوْمَ ضَرَّائِكَ  

[Machine] From Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Layla, Abu Darda wrote to Salamah bin Makhlad: As for what follows, when a servant obeys Allah, Allah loves him, and when Allah loves him, He makes him beloved among His creation. And when a servant commits disobedience to Allah, Allah dislikes him, and when Allah dislikes him, He makes him disliked among His creation.  

عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى كَتَبَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ إِلَى سَلَمَةَ بْنِ مَخْلَدٍ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا عَمِلَ بِطَاعَةِ اللَّهِ أَحَبَّهُ اللَّهُ وَإِذَا أَحَبَّهُ اللَّهُ حَبَّبَهُ فِي خَلْقِهِ وَإِذَا عَمِلَ بِمَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ أَبْغَضَهُ اللَّهُ فَإِذَا أَبْغَضَهُ بَغَّضَهُ إِلَى خَلْقِهِ  

[Machine] Um Al-Darda was asked, "What was the best deed of Abu Al-Darda?" She said, "Reflection and contemplation."  

سُئِلَتْ أُمُّ الدَّرْدَاءِ مَا كَانَ أَفْضَلُ عَمَلِ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ؟ قَالَتِ التَّفَكُّرُ وَالِاعْتِبَارُ  

[Machine] Yes, the tranquility of a man's home is sufficient for him to protect his vision and his tongue. Beware of unnecessary socializing, as it distracts and wastes one's time.  

نِعْمَ صَوْمَعَةُ الرَّجُلِ بَيْتُهُ يَكُفُّ فِيهَا بَصَرَهُ وَلِسَانَهُ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالسُّوقَ فَإِنَّهَا تُلْهِي وَتُلْغِي  

[Machine] "That I be in the belly of the earth, not on its surface, were it not for brothers who come to me, picking out the good words like picking out the good dates or making my face happy, prostrating to Allah or a morning or evening expedition in the path of Allah."  

أَنْ أَكُونَ فِي بَطْنِ الْأَرْضِ لَا عَلَى ظَهْرِهَا لَوْلَا إِخْوَانٌ لِي يَأْتُونِي يَنْتَقُونَ طَيِّبَ الْكَلَامِ كَمَا يُنْتَقَى طَيِّبُ التَّمْرِ أَوْ أُعَفِّرُ وَجْهِي سَاجِدًا لِلَّهِ ﷻ أَوْ غَدْوَةٌ أَوْ رَوْحَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ  

[Machine] The worshippers heard the recitation of the Quran and heard the saying of "Abu al-Nawahin" upon themselves before the Day of Judgment, and their hearts were softened by the remembrance of Allah or for the remembrance of Allah.  

سَمِعَ الْمُتَهَجِّدِينَ بِالْقُرْآنِ يَقُولُ بِأَبِي النَّوَّاحِينَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَتَنْدَى قُلُوبُهُمْ بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ أَوْ لِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ ﷻ  

[Machine] Abu Darda used to say: "Perform a righteous deed before the battle, for you will only fight people with your deeds."  

أَنَّ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ كَانَ يَقُولُ اعْمَلْ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا قَبْلَ الْغَزْوِ فَإِنَّمَا تُقَاتِلُونَ النَّاسَ بِأَعْمَالِكُمْ  

[Machine] By Allah, Abu Darda' said, "If the world were to weigh as much as a wing of a fly in the sight of Allah, Pharaoh would not have been given a single drop of water from it."  

أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا تَزِنُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ جَنَاحَ ذُبَابَةٍ مَا سَقَى فِرْعَوْنَ مِنْهَا شَرْبَةَ مَاءٍ  

[Machine] Indeed, those whose tongues are moist with the remembrance of Allah, they shall enter Paradise while they are laughing.  

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ رَطْبَةٌ بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ وَهُوَ يَضْحَكُ  

[Machine] The scholar and the learner are equal in reward, and there is no good in what is other than them.  

الْعَالِمُ وَالْمُتَعَلِّمُ فِي الْأَجْرِ سَوَاءٌ وَلَا خَيْرَ فِيمَا سِوَاهُمَا  

[Machine] Abu Darda, the teacher of good, said that the one who teaches and the one who learns are equal in reward, and there is no greater goodness in other people.  

قَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ مُعَلَّمُ الْخَيْرِ وَالْمُتَعَلِّمُ فِي الْأَجْرِ سَوَاءٌ وَلَيْسَ فِي سَائِرِ النَّاسِ بَعْدُ خَيْرٌ  

[Machine] If it were not for three things, people would have been righteous: an inclination to be greedy, followed by their desires, and the admiration of everyone for their own opinion.  

لَوْلَا ثَلَاثٌ صَلُحَ النَّاسُ شُحٌّ مُطَاعٌ وَهَوًى مُتَّبَعٌ وَإِعْجَابُ كُلِّ ذِي رَأْيٍ بِرَأْيِهِ  

[Machine] Indeed, the liberation of one hundred from someone's wealth is abundant. And if you wish, I will inform you of what is better than that, it is a firm belief that is obligatory day and night, and your tongue continues to be moist from the remembrance of Allah.  

إِنَّ مِائَةَ مُحَرَّرٍ مِنْ مَالِ رَجُلٍ لَكَثِيرٌ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْبَأْتُكَ بِمَا هُوَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِيمَانٌ مَلْزُومٌ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَلَا يَزَالُ لِسَانُكَ رَطْبًا مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ ﷻ  

[Machine] Abu Darda said, "Indeed, the thing I fear the most when I meet my Lord, the Blessed and Exalted, is that He will say to me, 'You knew, so what have you done with what you knew?'"  

قَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ إِنَّ أَخْوَفَ مَا أَخَافُ إِذَا لَقِيتُ رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنْ يَقُولَ لِي قَدْ عَلِمْتَ فَمَاذَا عَمِلْتَ فِيمَا عَلِمْتَ  

[Machine] The world is cursed. Cursed is everything in it except for the remembrance of Allah and that which leads to the remembrance of Allah. The scholar and the student are equal in their reward. As for the rest of the people, they are ignorant and have no good in them.  

الدُّنْيَا مَلْعُونَةٌ [113] مَلْعُونٌ مَا فِيهَا إِلَّا ذِكْرَ اللَّهِ وَمَا أَدَّى إِلَى ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَالْعَالِمُ وَالْمُتَعَلِّمُ فِي الْأَجْرِ سَوَاءٌ وَسَائِرُ النَّاسِ هَمَجٌ لَا خَيْرَ فِيهِمْ  

[Machine] To donate one hundred dinars.  

أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ بِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ  

[Machine] Abu Darda said: Seek knowledge, and if you do not seek it, then love its people. And if you do not love them, then do not harm them.  

أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ اطْلُبُوا الْعِلْمَ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَطْلُبُوهُ فَأَحِبُّوا أَهْلَهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تُحِبُّوهُمْ فَلَا تُبْغِضُوهُمْ  

[Machine] "To climb the stairs from the door of the mosque, then buy and sell, and earn three hundred dinars every day. I witness all prayers in the mosque. What do I say? Indeed, Allah has not made buying prohibited and forbidden interest, but I prefer to be among those whom [neither business nor trade distracts them from the remembrance of Allah]." [Al-Nur: 37]  

أَنْ أَقُومَ عَلَى الدَّرَجِ مِنْ بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَأَشْتَرِيَ وَأَبِيعَ فَأُصِيبَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ ثَلَاثَمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ أَشْهَدُ الصَّلَاةَ كُلَّهَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مَا أَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ لَمْ يُحِلَّ الْبَيْعَ وَيُحَرِّمِ الرِّبَا وَلَكِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ {لَا تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَارَةٌ وَلَا بَيْعٌ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ} [النور 37]  

[Machine] There are three things that people dislike, but poverty, sickness, and death are loved by them.  

ثَلَاثٌ يَكْرَهُهُنَّ النَّاسُ وَأُحِبُّهُنَّ الْفَقْرُ وَالْمَرَضُ وَالْمَوْتُ  

[Machine] Abu Darda said, "Indeed, earning money from lawful means is little. So whoever earns money unlawfully, he puts it in its proper place. And whoever earns money unlawfully, he puts it in a place other than its rightful place, and that is a fatal disease. And whoever earns money from its lawful source, he puts it in its rightful place, and that washes away sins just as water washes away dirt from Al-Safa."  

قَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ إِنَّ كَسْبَ الْمَالِ مِنْ سَبِيلِ الْحَلَالِ قَلِيلٌ فَمَنْ كَسِبَ مَالًا مِنْ غَيْرِ حِلِّهِ فَوَضَعَهُ فِي حَقِّهِ وَمَنْ كَسِبَ مَالًا مِنْ غَيْرِ حِلِّهِ فَوَضَعَهُ فِي غَيْرِ حَقِّهِ فَذَلِكَ الدَّاءُ الْعُضَالُ وَمَنْ كَسِبَ مَالًا مِنْ حِلِّهِ فَوَضَعَهُ فِي حَقِّهِ فَذَلِكَ يَغْسِلُ الذُّنُوبَ كَمَا يَغْسِلُ الْمَاءُ التُّرَابَ عَنِ الصَّفَا  

[Machine] He said, "Oh, how I prefer the sleep of the ignorant and the way they neglect the night prayer and fasting, even though an atom’s weight of the piety and certainty of a companion is greater, better, and more virtuous than mountains being worshipped by the deluded."  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا حَبَّذَا نَوْمُ الْأَكْيَاسِ وَإِفْطَارُهُمْ كَيْفَ يَغْبِنُونَ سَهَرَ الْحَمْقَى وَصِيَامَهُمْ وَلَمِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ مِنْ صَاحِبِ تَقْوًى وَيَقِينٍ أَعْظَمُ وَأَفْضَلُ وَأَرْجَحُ مِنْ أَمْثَالِ الْجِبَالِ عِبَادَةً مِنَ الْمُغْتَرِّينَ  

[Machine] Indeed, ahead of us is a challenging obstacle, where the lightened burden in it is better than the heavy one.  

إِنَّ أَمَامَنَا عَقَبَةً كَئُودًا الْمُخَفِّفُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْمُثْقِلِ  

[Machine] Abu Dardaa said, "If you knew what they see after death, you would not enjoy eating food or drinking beverages or entering houses to find shade, rather you would beat your chests, cry for yourselves, and wish you were a tree that is supported and then eaten." He said, "Coolness came over me when I heard from Abu Bakr As-Siddiq that a bird passed by him, and he said, 'How fortunate are you, O bird, you eat from fruits and find shade in the trees, and you return without being held accountable.'"  

قَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا رَاءُونَ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ مَا أَكَلْتُمْ طَعَامًا بِشَهْوَةٍ وَلَا شَرِبْتُمْ شَرَابًا عَلَى شَهْوَةٍ وَلَا دَخَلْتُمْ بَيْتًا تَسْتَظِلُّونَ فِيهِ وَلَحَرِصْتُمْ عَلَى الصَّعِيدِ تَضْرِبُونَ صُدُورَكُمْ وَتَبْكُونَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ وَلَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي شَجَرَةٌ تُعْضَدُ ثُمَّ تُؤْكَلُ قَالَ بُرْدٌ وَبَلَغَنِي عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ ؓ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ بِهِ طَائِرٌ فَقَالَ طُوبَاكَ يَا طَائِرُ تَأْكُلُ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ وَتَسْتَظِلُّ بِالشَّجَرِ وَتَرْجِعُ إِلَى غَيْرِ حِسَابٍ  

[Machine] That you continue to be a commentator only on matters related to Allah.  

أَنْ لَا تَزَالَ مُحَدِّثًا إِلَّا حَدِيثًا فِي ذَاتِ اللَّهِ ﷻ  

[Machine] I saw Abu Darda blowing fire under our pot here until tears flowed from his eyes.  

لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ يَنْفُخُ النَّارَ تَحْتَ قِدْرِنَا هَذِهِ حَتَّى تَسِيلَ دُمُوعُ عَيْنَيْهِ  

[Machine] Abu Darda, I was a merchant during the time of ignorance, but when Islam came, I combined trade and worship, but they did not align for me, so I turned to worship and abandoned trade.  

أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ كُنْتُ تَاجِرًا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ الْإِسْلَامُ أَخَذْتُ التِّجَارَةَ وَالْعِبَادَةَ فَلَمْ يَجْتَمِعَا لِي فَأَقْبَلْتُ عَلَى الْعِبَادَةِ وَتَرَكْتُ التِّجَارَةَ  

[Machine] "And by Allah, I do not know anything about their affairs regarding the matter of Muhammad ﷺ except that they all pray together."  

وَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْرِفُ فِيهِمْ شَيْئًا مِنْ أَمْرِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ إِلَّا أَنَّهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ جَمِيعًا  

[Machine] Abu Darda, may Allah have mercy on him, saw a man and was amazed by his skin, so he said, "Have you ever been cupped?" He replied, "No." Abu Darda then asked, "Have you ever been afflicted with scabies?" He replied, "No." Abu Darda then said, "What a wretched fate for this man to die due to his sins."  

رَأَى أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ رَجُلًا فَعَجِبَ مِنْ جِلْدِهِ فَقَالَ أَمَا حُمِمْتَ قَطُّ؟ قَالَ لَا فَقَالَ أَمَا صُدِعْتَ قَطُّ؟ فَقَالَ لَا فَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ بُؤْسًا لِهَذَا يَمُوتُ بِخَطِيئَتِهِ  

[Machine] Reflection for an hour is better than staying up all night.  

تَفَكُّرُ سَاعَةٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ قِيَامِ لَيْلَةٍ  

[Machine] Indeed, Aba Darda saw a woman with a mark between her eyebrows in the shape of the prostration mark. He said, "If this mark was not between your eyebrows, it would have been better for you."  

إِنَّ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ رَأَى امْرَأَةً بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهَا مِثْلُ نَقْشَةِ الشَّاةِ مِنَ السُّجُودِ فَقَالَ لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هَذَا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْكِ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَكِ  

[Machine] His wealth and his children decrease.  

يَقِلُّ مَالُهُ وَوَلَدُهُ  

[Machine] Abu Darda' was one of those who were granted knowledge.  

كَانَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ  

[Machine] "There is nothing beloved to Allah than a believer's tongue through which he enters Paradise, and there is nothing more despised by Allah than a disbeliever's tongue through which he enters the Hellfire."  

مَا فِي الْمُؤْمِنِ مُضْغَةٌ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ بِهِ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَا فِي الْكَافِرِ مُضْغَةٌ أَبْغَضُ إِلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ بِهِ يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ  

[Machine] Abu Darda' said: If a matter comes to you that you do not have the ability to deal with, then have patience and await relief from Allah.  

قَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ إِذَا جَاءَكَ أَمْرٌ لَا كِفَاءَ لَكَ بِهِ فَاصْبِرْ وَانْتَظِرِ الْفَرَجَ مِنَ اللَّهِ ﷻ  

[Machine] If people wear linen, then wear cotton. And if people wear cotton, then wear wool.  

إِذَا لَبِسَ النَّاسُ الْكَتَّانَ فَالْبَسِي الْقُطْنَ وَإِذَا لَبِسَ النَّاسُ الْقُطْنَ فَالْبَسِي الصُّوفَ  

[Machine] Abu Darda spent the night praying and began to cry, saying, "O Allah, you have perfected my creation, so perfect my character." Until the morning, I asked, "O Abu Darda, what has been your supplication since last night?" He said, "O Umm Darda, a Muslim slave improves his character until his good character admits him into Paradise, and he deteriorates in character until his bad character admits him into Hell. Indeed, forgiveness is granted to a sleeping Muslim." I asked, "How is that, O Abu Darda?" He said, "His brother stands in prayer at night, invoking Allah, and Allah responds to him. He prays for his father, and Allah responds to him."  

بَاتَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ اللَّيْلَةَ يُصَلِّي فَجَعَلَ يَبْكِي وَيَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ أَحْسَنْتَ خَلْقِي فَأَحْسِنْ خُلُقِي حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ مَا كَانَ دُعَاؤُكَ مُنْذُ اللَّيْلَةِ إِلَّا فِي حُسْنِ الْخُلُقِ قَالَ يَا أُمَّ الدَّرْدَاءِ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ الْمُسْلِمَ يَحْسُنُ خُلُقُهُ حَتَّى يُدْخِلَهُ حُسْنُ خُلُقِهِ الْجَنَّةَ وَيَسُوءُ خُلُقُهُ حَتَّى يُدْخِلَهُ سُوءُ خُلُقِهِ النَّارَ وَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ الْمُسْلِمَ لَيُغْفَرُ لَهُ وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ ذَاكَ يَا أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ؟ قَالَ يَقُومُ أَخُوهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَيَتَهَجَّدُ فَيَدْعُو اللَّهَ فَيَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُ وَيَدْعُو لِأَبِيهِ فَيَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُ  

[Machine] Abu Darda had a daughter and his son slapped her one day. He made him sit down for her. He said, "Take revenge." She said, "I have forgiven him." He said, "If you have forgiven him, then go away and call witnesses among those present here that you have forgiven him." So she went and called witnesses and they bore witness that she had forgiven him. He said, "Go, for you are for Allah, and I wish that Abi Darda's family were on the right path."  

أَنَّ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ كَانَتْ لَهُ وَلِيدَةٌ فَلَطَمَهَا ابْنُهُ يَوْمًا لَطْمَةً فَأَقْعَدَهُ لَهَا فَقَالَ اقْتَصِّي فَقَالَتْ قَدْ عَفَوْتُ فَقَالَ إِنْ كُنْتِ قَدْ عَفَوْتِ فَاذْهَبِي [116] فَادْعِي مَنْ هَاهُنَا مِنْ حَرَامٍ فَأَشْهِدِيهِمْ أَنَّكِ قَدْ عَفَوْتِ فَذَهَبَتْ فَدَعَتْهُمْ فَأَشْهَدَتْهُمْ أَنَّهَا قَدْ عَفَتْ فَقَالَ اذْهَبِي فَأَنْتِ لِلَّهِ وَلَيْتَ آلَ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ يَفْتَلِتُونَ كَفَافًا  

[Machine] That Abu Darda used to say, "Whatever gift my brother gives me, I love the greeting of peace more than it, and I have not heard any news about him that is more surprising to me than his death."  

أَنَّ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ كَانَ يَقُولُ مَا أَهْدَى إِلَيَّ أَخِي هَدِيَّةً أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ السَّلَامِ وَلَا بَلَغَنِي عَنْهُ خَبَرٌ أَعْجَبَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ مَوْتِهِ  

[Machine] "He (Prophet Muhammad) said, 'There is no man who goes to the mosque in the morning seeking good to learn or teach, except that Allah will write for him the reward of a fighter in Jihad. And he will not return except as one who gains spoils.'"  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَغْدُو إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ بِخَيْرٍ يَتَعَلَّمُهُ أَوْ يَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ أَجْرَ الْمُجَاهِدِ وَلَا يَنْقَلِبُ إِلَّا غَانِمًا  

[Machine] Abu Darda Al-Rayb said, "Doubt is from disbelief, lamenting is the work of ignorance, poetry is the psalms of Satan, gossip is a ember from Hell, wine is the gathering of all sins, youth is a branch of madness, women are the traps of the Devil, arrogance is the worst of all evil, the worst food is the wealth of an orphan, the worst earnings are from usury, the fortunate is the one who is advised by someone other than himself, and the wretched is the one who causes distress to his mother."  

قَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ الرَّيْبُ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالنَّوْحُ عَمَلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَالشِّعْرُ مَزَامِيرُ إِبْلِيسَ وَالْغُلُولُ جَمْرٌ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ وَالْخَمْرُ جِمَاعُ كُلِّ إِثْمٍ وَالشَّبَابُ شُعْبَةٌ مِنَ الْجُنُونِ وَالنِّسَاءُ حِبَالَةُ الشَّيْطَانِ وَالْكِبْرُ شَرٌّ مِنَ الشَّرِّ وَشَرُّ الْمَآكِلِ مَالُ الْيَتِيمِ وَشَرُّ الْمَكَاسِبِ الرِّبَا وَالسَّعِيدُ مَنْ وُعِظَ بِغَيْرِهِ وَالشَّقِيُّ مَنْ شَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ  

[Machine] Abu Darda had a specific number of dates, around ten or so, in a bag. When he would pray the morning prayer, he would sit on his bed and take out one date at a time and praise God with each one. When he finished them all, he would start again, one by one, praising God with each date. This continued until Umm Darda came to him and said, "O Abu Darda, your lunch is ready. Perhaps he said, 'Lift it up, for I am fasting.'"  

كَانَ لِأَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ نَوَى مِنْ نَوَى الْعَجْوَةِ حُسِبَتْ عَشْرًا أَوْ نَحْوَهَا فِي كِيسٍ وَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ أَقْعَى عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَأَخَذَ الْكِيسَ فَأَخْرَجَهُنَّ وَاحِدَةً وَاحِدَةً يُسَبِّحُ بِهِنَّ فَإِذَا نَفَدْنَ أَعَادَهُنَّ وَاحِدَةً وَاحِدَةً كُلُّ ذَلِكَ يُسَبِّحُ بِهِنَّ قَالَ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَهُ أُمُّ الدَّرْدَاءِ فَتَقُولَ يَا أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ إِنَّ غَدَاءَكَ قَدْ حَضَرَ فَرُبَّمَا قَالَ ارْفَعُوهُ فَإِنِّي صَائِمٌ  

[Machine] He said to a woman with a loose tongue, "If you were mute, it would be better for you."  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِامْرَأَةٍ طَلِيقَةِ اللِّسَانِ «لَوْ كُنْتِ خَرْسَاءَ كَانَ خَيْرًا لَكِ»  

[Machine] "If you need, then follow the harvesters and see what has fallen from them, then gather it, grind it, and eat it. And do not ask people for anything."  

فَإِنِ احْتَجْتِ فَتَتَبَّعِي الْحَصَّادِينَ فَانْظُرِي مَا سَقَطَ مِنْهُمْ فَاخْبِطِيهِ ثُمَّ اطْحَنِيهِ ثُمَّ كُلِيهِ وَلَا تَسْأَلِي النَّاسَ شَيْئًا  

[Machine] "Yazeed proposed to Abu Darda, but he declined and a man from the weak Muslims proposed to him, so he married him. Abu Darda then said, 'I looked at Darda, what do you think of Darda when her belts hung around her waist and she looked at houses with shining windows? Where is her faith in all of this on that day?'"  

أَنَّ يَزِيدَ خَطَبَ إِلَى أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ فَرَدَّهُ وَخَطَبَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ ضُعَفَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَأَنْكَحَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ إِنِّي نَظَرْتُ لِلدَّرْدَاءِ مَا ظَنُّكُمْ بِالدَّرْدَاءِ إِذَا قَامَتْ عَلَى رَأْسِهَا الْخِصْيَانُ وَنَظَرَتْ إِلَى بُيُوتٍ يَلْتَمِعُ فِيهَا بَصَرُهَا أَيْنَ دِينُهَا مِنْهَا يَوْمَئِذٍ  

[Machine] Seek refuge in Allah from the hypocrisy of insincerity. It was said to him, "And what is the humility of hypocrisy?" He said, "When the body appears humble, but the heart is not."  

اسْتَعِيذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ خُشُوعِ النِّفَاقِ قِيلَ لَهُ وَمَا خُشُوعُ النِّفَاقِ؟ قَالَ أَنْ يُرَى الْجَسَدُ خَاشِعًا وَالْقَلْبُ لَيْسَ بِخَاشِعٍ