Yahya ibn Yahya, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, Ibn Numayr, and Abu Kurayb narrated to us—all of them from Abu Mu‘awiyah. Yahya said: Abu Mu‘awiyah informed us—from al-A‘mash, from Zayd ibn Wahb, from Abu Dharr, who said:

I was walking with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in the lava field of Madinah at nightfall, and we were looking at Uhud. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to me, "O Abu Dharr." He said: I replied, "At your service, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "I would not love that I had this Uhud in gold, with a single dinar remaining with me by the third evening—except one dinar I set aside for a debt—unless I were to spend it in the service of Allah's servants, like this—and he scooped with his hands in front of him—and like this—to his right—and like this—to his left."

He said: Then we walked, and he said, "O Abu Dharr." He said: I replied, "At your service, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Verily, those who have the most are the least on the Day of Resurrection—except those who gave like this, and like this, and like this," just as he had done the first time.

He said: Then we walked, and he said, "O Abu Dharr, stay where you are until I come to you." He said: So he went off until he was hidden from my sight. He said: I heard a commotion and I heard a voice. He said: I said to myself, "Perhaps something has happened to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him." He said: I intended to follow him. He said: Then I remembered his words, "Do not leave until I come to you." He said: So I waited for him. When he came, I mentioned to him what I had heard. He said: He said, "That was Gabriel. He came to me and said: 'Whoever dies from your ummah without associating anything with Allah will enter Paradise.'" He said: I said, "Even if he committed adultery and even if he stole?" He said, "Even if he committed adultery and even if he stole."