I arrived at al-Rabadhah and found Abu Dharr coming toward me with riding-camels he had taken to water and was now bringing back. He had tied a waterskin to the neck of one of the camels so he could drink from it and give his companions to drink. This was a custom among the Arabs.I said, "Abu Dharr, what has happened to you?"He replied, "My deeds are mine."I said, "Tell me, Abu Dharr, what did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say?"He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever spends a pair from his wealth, the gatekeepers of Paradise will rush to greet him.'"We asked, "What are these two?"He said, "If it is men, then two men. If it is horses, then two horses. If it is camels, then two camels," and he went on to enumerate every kind of wealth.
انتهيت إلى الربذة، فإذا أنا بأبي ذر، قد تلقاني برواحل قد أوردها، ثم أصدرها، وقد أعلق قربة في عنق بعير منها ليشرب ويسقي أصحابه، وكان خلقا من أخلاق العرب، قلت: يا أبا ذر ما لك؟ قال: لي عملي. قلت: إيه يا أبا ذر، ما سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول؟ قال: سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول: من أنفق زوجين من ماله ابتدرته حجبة الجنة قلنا: ما هذان الزوجان؟ قال: إن كانت رجالا فرجلان، وإن كانت خيلا ففرسان، وإن كانت إبلا فبعيران، حتى عد أصناف المال كله.
Its isnad is sahih, and Hasan is Basri, and he has explicitly stated the transmission. Al-Hakim said, "This is a hadith sahih in isnad, and Sasaa bin Muawiya is among the prides of the Arabs."As for his statement "a pair from his wealth," Ibn Hibban said, "The Arabs, in their language, call two inseparable things a pair." Allah Most High says, "And of everything We created a pair, that you might reflect" [Dhariyat 51:49].