[Machine] I was behind the Prophet ﷺ when we left the outskirts of Medina. He said, "O Abu Dharr, pray the prayer on time. Even if you come and find the imam praying, you will have already achieved your prayer if you have prayed before that. And if you come and the prayer has not been offered, then pray with him. Your prayer will be considered a voluntary act for you, and you would have already achieved your obligatory prayer, O Abu Dharr. What do you think if the people are hungry to the point that they cannot make it to your mosque due to exhaustion or cannot return to their homes due to exhaustion, what would you do?" I replied, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "Fast." I said, "O Abu Dharr, what do you think if the people die to the extent that the houses are filled with slaves, what would you do?" I replied, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "Have patience." I said, "O Abu Dharr, what do you think if the people are killed to the extent that the stones of the oil become saturated with blood, what would you do?" I replied, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "Enter your home." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, what if I am invited?" He said, "Then you should go if you are invited." I said, "And if I am carrying a weapon?" He said, "Then you are participating." I said, "How should I act, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "If you fear that the shine of the sword would dazzle you, then throw part of your garment on your face. It would keep away both your sin and his sin."
كُنْتُ خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حِينَ خَرَجْنَا مِنْ حَاشِي الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ صَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا وَإِنْ جِئْتَ وَقَدْ صَلَّى الْإِمَامُ كُنْتَ قَدْ أَحْرَزْتَ صَلَاتَكَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ وَإِنْ جِئْتَ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ صَلَّيْتَ مَعَهُ وَكَانَتْ صَلَاتُكَ لَكَ نَافِلَةً وَكُنْتَ قَدْ أَحْرَزْتَ صَلَاتَكَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنِ النَّاسُ جَاعُوا حَتَّى لَا تَبْلُغَ مَسْجِدَكَ مِنَ الْجَهْدِ أَوْ لَا تَرْجِعَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ مِنَ الْجَهْدِ فَكَيْفَ أَنْتَ صَانِعٌ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ تَعَفَّفْ قَالَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنِ النَّاسُ مَاتُوا حَتَّى يَكُونَ الْبَيْتُ بِالْعَبْدِ فَكَيْفَ أَنْتَ صَانِعٌ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ تَصَبَّرْ قَالَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنِ النَّاسُ قُتِلُوا حَتَّى تَغْرَقَ حِجَارَةُ الزَّيْتِ مِنَ الدِّمَاءِ كَيْفَ أَنْتَ صَانِعٌ؟ قُلْتُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُقَالَ تَدْخُلُ بَيْتَكَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَإِنْ أَنَا دُخِلَ عَلَيَّ؟ قَالَ تَأْتِي مَنْ أَنْتَ مِنْهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَأَحْمِلُ السِّلَاحَ؟ قَالَ إِذًا شَارَكْتَ قَالَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ إِنْ خِفْتَ أَنْ يَبْهَرَكَ شُعَاعُ السَّيْفِ فَأَلْقِ طَائِفَةً مِنْ رِدَائِكَ عَلَى وَجْهِكَ يَبُؤْ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمِهِ