[Machine] Salman said to me, "O Jarir, humble yourself to Allah. For indeed, whoever humbles themselves to Allah in this world, Allah will raise them on the Day of Resurrection."  

قَالَ لِيَ سَلْمَانُ يَا جَرِيرُ تَوَاضَعْ لِلَّهِ؛ فَإِنَّ مَنْ تَوَاضَعَ لِلَّهِ ﷻ فِي الدُّنْيَا يَرْفَعُهُ اللَّهُ ﷻ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

[Machine] Most people have many sins, and the majority of their sins come from their words in disobedience to Allah.  

أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ ذُنُوبًا أَكْثَرُهُمْ كَلَامًا فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ ﷻ  

[Machine] The giving of Salman, may Allah have mercy on him, was five thousand dirhams. He was the leader of nearly thirty thousand Muslims, and he used to address the people while wearing a garment, part of which he used as a mattress to sleep on and the other part he wore. When his giving was exhausted, he would spend from the earnings of his hands and eat from what his hands earned.  

كَانَ عَطَاءُ سَلْمَانَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ خَمْسَةَ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ وَكَانَ أَمِيرًا عَلَى زُهَاءِ ثَلَاثِينَ أَلْفًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَكَانَ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ فِي عَبَاءَةٍ يَفْتَرِشُ بَعْضَهَا وَيَلْبَسُ بَعْضَهَا فَإِذَا خَرَجَ عَطَاؤُهُ أَمْضَاهُ وَيَأْكُلُ مِنْ سَفِيفِ يَدَيْهِ  

[Machine] Salman, may Allah have mercy on him, went to the house of a Jewish or polytheistic woman seeking a place to pray. She said, "Seek a pure heart and pray wherever you wish." Salman, may Allah have mercy on him, then said, "You have understood."  

أَنَّ سَلْمَانَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ أَتَى بَيْتَ عِلْجَةٍ أَوْ مُشْرِكَةٍ يَلْتَمِسُ مَكَانًا يُصَلِّي فِيهِ فَقَالَت ابْتَغِ قَلْبًا طَاهِرًا وَصَلِّ حَيْثُ شِئْتَ فَقَالَ سَلْمَانُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ فَقِهْتَ  

[Machine] Salman, may Allah have mercy on him, said: "Do not be the first to enter the market and the last to leave, for indeed it contains the devil's ascent and the center of his banner." Yahya said: "It is the battle of the devil."  

قَالَ سَلْمَانُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ لَا تَكُنْ أَوَّلَ دَاخِلٍ السُّوقَ وَآخِرَ خَارِجٍ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّ بِهَا مَعْرَجَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَمَرْكَزَ رَايَتِهِ قَالَ يَحْيَى مَعْرَكَةُ الشَّيْطَانِ  

[Machine] Huzaifa and Salman stayed in a Nabatiyah (a place name) and when the prayer time came, they said, "Here is a clean place, let us pray in it." She (the other person) said, "Cleanse your heart." He (one of them) said to the other, "Take it as a wise word from the heart of a disbeliever."  

حُذَيْفَةُ وَسَلْمَانُ نَزَلَا عَلَى نَبَطِيَّةٍ فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ قَالَا هَا هُنَا مَكَانٌ طَاهِرٌ نُصَلِّي فِيهِ قَالَتْ طَهِّرْ قَلْبَكَ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِلْآخَرِ خُذْهَا كَلِمَةَ حِكَمٍ مِنْ قَلْبِ كَافِرٍ  

[Machine] Abdullah narrated to us that Khadijah, the mother of Muhammad, used to come to my father and listen to him before the age of 30. She said: "Yazeed ibn Haroon narrated to us, who heard it from Al-Awwam, who heard it from Ibrahim At-Taymi, who heard it from Salman, who said: There are seven types of people who will be in the shade of Allah on the Day of Judgment, when there is no shade except for His shade. One of them is a man who met his brother and said, 'I love you for the sake of Allah,' and the other person responded in the same way. Another is a man whose eyes shed tears out of fear of Allah, and a man who gives charity with his right hand while hiding it from his left hand. There is also a man who is invited by a woman of beauty and charm, but he says, 'I fear Allah.' Another is a man whose heart is attached to the mosques out of his love for them. There is a man who diligently observes the timings of prayers according to the position of the sun. Lastly, there is a man who speaks with knowledge when he speaks, and remains silent with forbearance when he is silent."  

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَتْنِي خَدِيجَةُ أُمُّ مُحَمَّدٍ كَانَتْ تَجِيءُ إِلَى أَبِي تَسْمَعُ مِنْهُ قَبْلَ الثَّلَاثِينَ قَالَتْ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَوَّامُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ قَالَ سَبْعَةٌ فِي ظِلِّ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَوْمَ لَا ظِلَّ إِلَّا ظِلُّهُ رَجُلٌ لَقِيَ أَخَاهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُحِبُّكَ فِي اللَّهِ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَرَجُلٌ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ ﷻ فَفَاضَتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنْ مَخَافَةِ اللَّهِ وَرَجُلٌ يَتَصَدَّقٌ بِيَمِينِهِ يُخْفِيهَا عَنْ شِمَالِهِ وَرَجُلٌ دَعَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ ذَاتُ حُسْنٍ وَجَمَالٍ إِلَى نَفْسِهَا فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ اللَّهَ ﷻ وَرَجُلٌ قَلْبُهُ مُعَلَّقٌ بِالْمَسَاجِدِ مِنْ حُبِّهَا وَرَجُلٌ يُرَاعِي الشَّمْسَ لِمَوَاقِيتِ الصَّلَاةِ وَرَجُلٌ إِنْ تَكَلَّمَ تَكَّلَمَ بِعِلْمٍ وَإِنْ سَكَتَ سَكَتَ عَنْ حِلْمٍ  

[Machine] "People will continue to prosper as long as the first one remains until the last one learns. But when the first one goes before the last one learns, that is when they are doomed."  

لَا يَزَالُ النَّاسُ بِخَيْرٍ مَا بَقِيَ الْأَوَّلُ حَتَّى يَتَعَلَّمَ الْآخَرُ فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ الْأَوَّلُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَ الْآخَرُ فَذَاكَ حِينَ هَلَكُوا  

[Machine] If people knew the help of Allah for the weak, they would not be indifferent during the daytime. Allah is too shy to let down a servant who extends his hands in supplication, asking for goodness in them, and then disappoint him. He said to him: If one person spends his night performing strenuous work while another spends it remembering Allah, I see that the one who remembers Allah and recites the Quran is better. He said: There is no man who performs ablution and perfects it, then comes to the mosque for no reason other than performing worship, except that he becomes a visitor to Allah, and it is a right upon Allah to honor the visitor.  

لَوْ يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ عَوْنَ اللَّهِ لِلضَّعِيفِ مَا غَالَوْا بِالظَّهْرِ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ يَسْتَحْيِي مِنَ الْعَبْدِ يَبْسُطُ إِلَيْهِ يَدَيْهِ يَسْأَلُهُ فِيهِمَا خَيْرًا؛ فَيَرُدُّهُمَا خَائِبَيْنِ قَالَ لَهُ لَوْ بَاتَ رَجُلٌ يُطَاعِنُ الْأَفْرَانَ وَبَاتَ آخَرُ يَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ ﷻ رَأَيْتُ أَنَّ ذَاكِرَ اللَّهِ وَذَاكِرَ الْقُرْآنِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَيُحْسِنُ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي الْمَسْجِدَ فَلَا يَأْتِيهِ إِلَّا لِعِبَادَةٍ إِلَّا كَانَ زَائِرًا لِلَّهِ ﷻ وَحَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَرَامَةُ الزَّائِرِ  

[Machine] My servant is many.  

عَبْدِي كَثِيرًا  

[Machine] He said, "If it weren't for Friday and the congregation, I would have built the highest house in this village, and I wouldn't have left it until I left for my grave."  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَوْلَا الْجُمْعَةُ وَالْجَمَاعَةُ لَبْنَيْتُ فِي أَعْلَى دَارِي هَذِهِ بَيْتًا فَلَمْ أَخْرُجْ مِنْهُ حَتَّى أَخْرُجَ إِلَى قَبْرِي  

[Machine] I hear Bilal saying, "O Allah, accept my good deeds, forgive my sins, and excuse me for my weaknesses."  

أَسْمَعُ بِلَالًا يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ اقْبَلْ حَسَنَاتِي وَاغْفِرْ سَيِّئَاتِي وَاعْذُرْنِي فِي عِلَّاتِي  

[Machine] Saad, O Abu Abdullah, what makes you cry? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away while he was pleased with you. You will meet him at the Pond and meet your companions. Salman said, "I have never cried out of fear of death or desire for the world, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entrusted us with this saying, 'Let your tongue be the same level of your provision in the Hereafter.'" Saad said, "What is around you is safety, strength, and purity." Saad said, "O Abu Abdullah, make a covenant with us that we will follow after you." He said, "O Saad, remember Allah in times of distress, when you are angry, and when you make a judgment."  

لَهُ سَعْدٌ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَا يُبْكِيكَ؟ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وهُوَعَنْكَ رَاضٍ وَتَرِدُ عَلَيْهِ الْحَوْضَ وتَلْقَى أَصْحَابَكَ قَالَ فَقَالَ سَلْمَانُ أَمَا إِنِّي لَمْ أَبْكِ جَزَعًا مِنَ الْمَوْتِ وَلَا حِرْصًا عَلَى الدُّنْيَا وَلَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا قَالَ «لِتَكُنْ بُلْغَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا مِثْلُ زَادِ الرَّاكِبِ» وحَوْلِي هَذِهِ الْأَسَاوِدُ قَالَ وَإِنَّ مَاحَوْلَهُ إِنْجَانَةٌ وَجَفْنَةٌ وَمَطْهَرَةٌ فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ اعَهَدْ إِلَيْنَا عَهْدًا نَأْخُذُ بِهِ بَعْدَكَ فَقَالَ يَا سَعْدُ اذْكُرِ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ هَمِّكَ إِذَا هَمَمْتَ وعِنْدَ يَدِكَ إِذَا قَسَّمْتَ وعِنْدَ حُكْمِكَ إِذَا حَكَمْتَ  

[Machine] And he did not have any water coming out of his house, nor did he have any water of the sky. He said it appeared to him that he is from the people of paradise.  

وَكَانَ لَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْ دَارِهِ مَاءٌ وَلَا مَاءُ السَّمَاءِ قَالَ فَرُئِيَ لَهُ أَنَّهُ مَنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ  

[Machine] We were in Constantinople with Muslimah, and the dead bodies passed by them near the majaaneeq (trenches). Muslimah disagreed about them in terms of their colors. So I heard a man repeating, I said, "Why are you repeating? May Allah have mercy on you." He said, "I saw us with Malik ibn Abdullah al-Khath'ami, and a man from the Muslims was injured. His dinner was brought to him, but he did not eat. Then he remained fasting for three days and three nights, grieving for him. Even though I saw the people comforting him, just as a man is comforted by his close friends."  

كُنَّا بِالْقُسْطَنْطِنِيَّةِ مَعَ مَسْلَمَةَ وَالْقَتْلَى يَمُرُّ بِهِمْ مِنْ عِنْدِ الْمَجَانِيقِ ومَسْلَمَةُ يَخْتَلِفُ عَلَيْهِ بِالْأَلْوَانِ قَالَ فَسَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يُرَجِّعُ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِمَ تُرَجِّعُ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ؟ قَالَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا مَعَ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْخَثْعَمِيِّ وأُصِيبَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَأُتِيَ بَعَشائِهِ فَلَمْ يَتَعَشَّ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحَ صَائِمًا فَمَكَثَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ لَا يَأْكُلُ تَحَزُّنًا عَلَيْهِ؛ حَتَّى لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيُعَزُّونَهُ كَمَا يُعَزَّى الرَّجُلُ بِحَمِيمِهِ  

[Machine] There was a written vein on his leg that said "Allah." I looked at it while he was performing ablution and he asked, "What are you looking at?" I replied, "Isn't it written by a writer?"  

كَانَ فِي سَاقِهِ يَعْنِي مَالِكًا عِرْقٌ مَكْتُوبٌ فِيهِ «اللَّهُ» فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَقَالَ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ تَنْظُرُ؟ أَمَا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكْتُبْهُ كَاتِبٌ  

[Machine] He said to me, "O my son, if you are among a group of people who remember Allah, and you have a need, then greet them when you enter. For as long as they are sitting, you will continue to benefit from their blessings."  

قَالَ لِيَ يَا بُنَيَّ إِذَا كُنْتَ فِي قَوْمٍ يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ ﷻ فَبَدَتْ لَكَ حَاجَةٌ فَسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِمْ حِينَ تَقُومُ؛ فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَزَالُ لَهُمْ شَرِيكًا مَا دَامُوا جُلُوسًا  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah has vessels on the earth, and the most beloved vessels to Him are those that are soft and pure. And the vessels of Allah on the earth are the hearts of the righteous servants."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ لِلَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى آنِيَةً فِي الْأَرْضِ وَأَحَبُّ الْآنِيَةِ إِلَيْهِ مَا رَقَّ مِنْهَا وَصَفَا وَآنِيَةُ اللَّهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ قُلُوبُ الْعِبَادِ الصَّالِحِينَ»