Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (6/272)

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the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said concerning him:

‘The earth has never borne, nor the sky ever shaded, anyone (1) more truthful in speech than Abū Dharr.’

He also said:

‘Allah has revealed to me that He loves four of my Companions and has commanded me to love them.’

He was asked, ‘Who are they, O Messenger of Allah?’

He replied, ‘Alī—their leader—Salmān, al-Miqdād, and Abū Dharr.’”

The answer is that Abū Dharr settled in al-Rabadhah and died there because of the disputes that arose between him and others. Abū Dharr—may Allah be pleased with him—was (2) a righteous ascetic. He held that ascetic renunciation was obligatory and that whatever a person (3) retained beyond his needs was hoarded treasure with which he would be branded in the Fire. To support this, he cited evidence from the Quran and Sunnah that did not actually substantiate his position. He cited (4) the words of Allah Most High:

“Those who hoard gold and silver and do not spend it in the way of Allah” [Surah al-Tawbah: 34].

He regarded anything beyond one’s needs as hoarded treasure. He also cited what he had heard from the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—who said:

“O Abū Dharr, I would not wish to possess gold equal to Mount Uhud and have a third night (5) pass over it while a single dinar of it remained with me, except a dinar that I had set aside to repay a debt.”

And he said:

“Those with the most will be the ones with the least on the Day of Resurrection, except those who distribute their wealth this way and that.” (6)

(1) B reads: “anyone whose…” (2) N and M read: “for he—may Allah be pleased with him—was….” The phrase “may Allah be pleased with him” is absent from B. (3) N and M read: “the man.” (4) H and B read: “And he cited.” (5) N reads: “three days pass over me”; H: “three days pass over it”; M: “a third night passes over me.” (6) These are two passages from a single hadith narrated from Abū Dharr al-Ghifārī—may Allah be pleased with him—with some differences in wording. See al-Bukhārī, 3/116 (Book of Loans, chapter “Repayment of Debts”); 8/94–95 (Book of Heart-Softening Narrations, chapter “The Prophet’s Statement—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—‘I Would Not Wish to Possess Gold Equal to Mount Uhud’”); 8/60–61 (Book of Asking Permission, chapter “One Who Responds, ‘At Your Service and Gladly’”); and Muslim, 2/687–688 (Book of Zakat, chapter “Encouragement to Give Charity”).

النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ فِي حَقِّهِ: «مَا أَقَلَّتِ الْغَبْرَاءُ وَلَا أَظَلَّتِ الْخَضْرَاءُ عَلَى ذِي (١) لَهْجَةٍ أَصْدَقَ مِنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ» . وَقَالَ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَوْحَى إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ يُحِبُّ أَرْبَعَةً مِنْ أَصْحَابِي وَأَمَرَنِي بِحُبِّهِمْ. فَقِيلَ لَهُ: مَنْ هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ: عَلِيٌّ سَيِّدُهُمْ، وَسَلْمَانُ، وَالْمِقْدَادُ، وَأَبُو ذَرٍّ» ". فَالْجَوَابُ: أَنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ سَكَنَ الرَّبَذَةَ وَمَاتَ بِهَا لِسَبَبِ مَا كَانَ يَقَعُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ النَّاسِ، فَإِنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - كَانَ (٢) رَجُلًا صَالِحًا زَاهِدًا، وَكَانَ مِنْ مَذْهَبِهِ أَنَّ الزُّهْدَ وَاجِبٌ، وَأَنَّ مَا أَمْسَكَهُ الْإِنْسَانُ (٣) فَاضِلًا عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ فَهُوَ كَنْزٌ يُكْوَى بِهِ فِي النَّارِ، وَاحْتَجَّ عَلَى ذَلِكَ بِمَا لَا حُجَّةَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَالسُّنَّةِ. احْتَجَّ (٤) بِقَوْلِهِ - تَعَالَى -: {وَالَّذِينَ يَكْنِزُونَ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضَّةَ وَلَا يُنْفِقُونَهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ} [سُورَةُ التَّوْبَةِ: ٣٤] ، وَجَعَلَ الْكَنْزَ مَا يَفْضُلُ عَنِ الْحَاجَةِ، وَاحْتَجَّ بِمَا سَمِعَهُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَهُوَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: " «يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ لِي مِثْلَ أُحُدٍ ذَهَبًا يَمْضِي عَلَيْهِ ثَالِثَةٌ (٥) وَعِنْدِي مِنْهُ دِينَارٌ، إِلَّا دِينَارًا أَرْصُدُهُ لِدَيْنٍ» ". وَأَنَّهُ قَالَ: " «الْأَكْثَرُونَ هُمُ الْأَقَلُّونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، إِلَّا مَنْ قَالَ بِالْمَالِ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا» (٦) ".

(١) ب: مِنْ ذِي. (٢) ن، م: فَإِنَّهُ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - كَانَ. . . .، وَ " - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - ": لَيْسَتْ فِي (ب) . (٣) ن، م: الرَّجُلُ. (٤) ح، ب: وَاحْتَجَّ. (٥) ن: يَمْضِي عَلَيَّ ثَلَاثَةٌ، ح: يَمْضِي عَلَيْهِ ثَلَاثَةٌ، م: يَمْضِي عَلَيَّ ثَالِثَةٌ. (٦) هَذَانِ جُزْءَانِ مِنْ حَدِيثٍ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيِّ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - مَعَ اخْتِلَافٍ فِي الْأَلْفَاظِ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ٣/١١٦ (كِتَابِ الِاسْتِقْرَاضِ، بَابِ أَدَاءِ الدُّيُونِ، ٨/٩٤ - ٩٥، (كِتَابِ الرِّقَاقِ، بَابِ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ لِي مِثْلَ أُحُدٍ ذَهَبًا) ٨/٦٠ - ٦١ (كِتَابِ الِاسْتِئْذَانِ، بَابِ مَنْ أَجَابَ بِلَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ) ، مُسْلِمٍ ٢/٦٨٧ - ٦٨٨ (كِتَابِ الزَّكَاةِ، بَابِ التَّرْغِيبِ فِي الصَّدَقَةِ) .