Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَشْهَبِ حَدَّثَنَا خُلَيْدٌ الْعَصَرِيُّ قَالَ أَبُو جُرَيٍّ أَيْنَ لَقِيتَ خُلَيْدًا قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي عَنِ الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ قَاعِدًا مَعَ أُنَاسٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ إِذْ جَاءَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ حَتَّى كَانَ قَرِيبًا مِنْهُمْ قَالَ لِيُبَشَّرْ الْكَنَّازُونَ بِكَيٍّ مِنْ قِبَلِ ظُهُورِهِمْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ قِبَلِ بُطُونِهِمْ وَبِكَيٍّ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَقْفَائِهِمْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ جِبَاهِهِمْ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَنَحَّى فَقَعَدَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ قَالَ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ مَا شَيْءٌ سَمِعْتُكَ تُنَادِي بِهِ قَالَ مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا شَيْئًا قَدْ سَمِعُوهُ مِنْ نَبِيِّهِمْ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ مَا تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الْعَطَاءِ قَالَ خُذْهُ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ الْيَوْمَ مَعُونَةً فَإِذَا كَانَ ثَمَنًا لِدِينِكَ فَدَعْهُ.
English Translation
Affan told us, Abu al-Ashhab told us, Khulayd al-'Asari told us — Abu Jurayy said: "Where did you meet Khulayd?" He said: "I do not know" — from al-Ahnaf ibn Qays, who said: I was sitting with some people of Quraysh when Abu Dharr came until he was near them. He said: "Let the hoarders be given glad tidings of a branding from behind their backs which will come out from their bellies, and a branding from the back of their necks which will come out from their foreheads." Then he withdrew and sat down. I said: "Who is this?" It was said: "Abu Dharr." So I got up to him and said: "What is this thing I heard you proclaiming?" He said: "I said nothing to them except something they had already heard from their Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." I said to him: "What do you say about this stipend?" He said: "Take it, for today it provides assistance; but if it becomes the price of your religion, then leave it."