Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا كَهْمَسُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَيْسِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي السَّلِيلِ ضُرَيْبِ بْنِ نُقَيْرٍ الْقَيْسِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ جَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتْلُو هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ} قَالَ فَجَعَلَ يُرَدِّدُهَا عَلَيَّ حَتَّى نَعَسْتُ فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ لَوْ أَنَّ النَّاسَ كُلَّهُمْ أَخَذُوا بِهَا لَكَفَتْهُمْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ إِذَا أُخْرِجْتَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ»؟ قُلْتُ إِلَى السَّعَةِ وَالدَّعَةِ أَكُونُ حَمَامًا مِنْ حَمَامِ مَكَّةَ قَالَ «كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ إِذَا أُخْرِجْتَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ»؟ قُلْتُ إِلَى السَّعَةِ وَالدَّعَةِ إِلَى أَرْضِ الشَّامِ وَالْأَرْضِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ قَالَ «فَكَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ إِذَا أُخْرِجْتَ مِنْهَا»؟ قُلْتُ إِذًا وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ آخُذُ سَيْفِي فَأَضَعُهُ عَلَى عَاتِقِي فَقَالَ ﷺ «أَوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ تَسْمَعُ وَتُطِيعُ لِعَبْدٍ حَبَشِيٍّ مُجَدَّعٍ»
English Translation
Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Azdi informed us, Ishaq ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, al-Nadr ibn Shumayl informed us, Kahmas ibn al-Hasan al-Qaysi narrated to us from Abu al-Salil Durayb ibn Nuqayr al-Qaysi who said: Abu Dharr said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept reciting this verse: {And whoever fears Allah, He will make for him a way out and provide for him from where he does not expect} - and he kept repeating it to me until I dozed off. Then he said: "O Abu Dharr, if all people took to it, it would suffice them." Then he said: "O Abu Dharr, what will you do if you are expelled from Madinah?" I said: "To spaciousness and comfort - I will be a pigeon among the pigeons of Makkah." He said: "What will you do if you are expelled from Makkah?" I said: "To spaciousness and comfort - to the land of Sham and the Holy Land." He said: "What will you do if you are expelled from it?" I said: "Then, by the One who sent you with the truth, I will take my sword and place it on my shoulder." He ﷺ said: "Or better than that - listen and obey, even to an Abyssinian slave with mutilated limbs."