[Machine] A group of readers entered upon Abu Dharr, and with him was a black woman wearing a grey cloak, without any embellishment or beauty. Abu Dharr said, "Do you know what this woman is telling me? She is commanding me to go to Iraq. If I were to go to Iraq, they would say, 'This is the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' And what do they have of the worldly possessions compared to us? Indeed, my close friend, Abu Al-Qasim ﷺ, had entrusted me that the bridge of Hell is slippery and our burdens are a source of corruption. Perhaps we may be saved from it."  

دَخَلَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْقُرَّاءِ عَلَى أَبِي ذَرٍّ وَعِنْدَهُ امْرَأَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ عَلَيْهَا عَبَاءَةُ قَطَوَانِيَّةٌ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهَا مَجَاسِدٌ وَلَا خَلُوقٌ فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ أَتَدْرُونَ مَا تَقُولُ هَذِهِ تَأْمُرُنِي أَنْ آتِيَ الْعِرَاقَ وَلَوْ أَتَيْتُ الْعِرَاقَ لَقَالُوا هَذَا صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَمَالُوا عَلَيْنَا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّ خَلِيلِي أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّ جِسْرَ جَهَنَّمَ دَحْضٌ مَزِلَّةٌ وَفِي أَحْمَالِنَا أَفْسَادٌ لَعَلَّنَا أَنْ نَنْجُوَ مِنْهَا