He entered upon Abu Dharr while he was at Rabadhah, and with him was a dark-skinned woman, plainly dressed, with no trace of saffron-dyed garments or perfume on her.Abu Dharr said, "Do you not see what this little dark one is urging me to do? She is telling me to go to Iraq, but if I go to Iraq, the people will overwhelm me with their worldly goods. My dear friend ﷺ entrusted me with the knowledge that before the bridge of Hell lies a slippery, treacherous path, and we shall cross it carrying our loads."Matar also narrated the entire hadith. One of them said, "That we cross it with our loads compact," while the other two said, "We cross it with our loads light." It is more likely that we shall be saved if we cross it unburdened than if we cross it heavily laden.
أنه دخل على أبي ذر، وهو بالربذة، وعنده امرأة سوداء مشبعة ليس عليها أثر المجاسد والخلوق، قال: فقال: ألا تنظرون إلى ما تأمرني به هذه السويداء؟ تأمرني أن آتي العراق، فإذا أتيت العراق مالوا علي بدنياهم، وإن خليلي ﷺ عهد إلي أن دون جسر جهنم طريقا ذا دحض ومزلة، وإنا نأتي عليه وفي أحمالنا اقتدار.- وحدث مطر أيضا بالحديث أجمع في قول أحدهما: أن نأتي عليه وفي أحمالنا اقتدار. وقال الآخران: نأتي عليه وفي أحمالنا اضطمار- أحرى أن ننجو من أن نأتي عليه ونحن مواقير.
It was narrated by Ahmad (21416) and Harith bin Abu Usama as found in Bughyat Bahith (1087), both of them from Affan, who said, "Hammam narrated to us, that Qatada narrated to him from Abu Qilaba, from Abu Asma Rahbi," and he mentioned it. Its chain of transmission is sahih.Munziri said in Targhib wa Tarhib (4772), "Ahmad narrated it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih." Haythami followed him in this in Majma al-Zawaid (10/258).