Abu Dharr said, I went out one night and there was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ walking alone, with no one accompanying him. I thought he preferred to walk by himself, so I began walking in the shadow of the moon. He turned, saw me, and asked, "Who is this?"I replied, "Abu Dharr, may Allah make me your ransom."He said, "Abu Dharr, come here."So I walked alongside him for a while, and he said, "Those who possess the most will be the ones with the least on the Day of Resurrection, except for one to whom Allah has given wealth and who spends it generously to his right, to his left, before him, and behind him, doing good with it."I walked with him a while longer, then he said to me, "Sit here." He had me sit down in a low spot surrounded by stones and said, "Sit here until I return to you."He set off into the lava field until I could no longer see him, and he was gone for a long time. Then I heard him approaching, saying, "Even if he steals and even if he commits adultery."When he came back, I could not hold myself back from asking, "Prophet of Allah, may Allah make me your ransom, who were you speaking with on the side of the lava field? I did not hear anyone respond to you."He said, "That was Jibreel . He appeared to me at the side of the lava field and said, 'Give your community glad tidings that whoever dies not associating anything with Allah will enter Paradise.'I asked, 'Jibreel, even if he steals and even if he commits adultery?'He said, 'Yes.'I asked again, 'Even if he steals and even if he commits adultery?'He said, 'Yes, and even if he drinks wine.'"
خرجت ليلة من الليالي فإذا رسول الله ﷺ يمشي وحده وليس معه إنسان، قال: فظننت أنه يكره أن يمشي معه أحد. قال: فجعلت أمشي في ظل القمر، فالتفت فرآني فقال: من هذا؟ قلت: أبو ذر جعلني الله فداءك. قال: يا أبا ذر تعال قال: فمشيت معه ساعة، فقال: إن المكثرين هم المقلون يوم القيامة، إلا من أعطاه الله خيرا، فنفح فيه يمينه وشماله وبين يديه ووراءه، وعمل فيه خيرا. قال: فمشيت معه ساعة فقال لي: اجلس ها هنا. قال: فأجلسني في قاع حوله حجارة، فقال لي اجلس ها هنا حتى أرجع إليك. قال: فانطلق في الحرة حتى لا أراه، فلبث عني فأطال اللبث، ثم إني سمعته وهو مقبل وهو يقول: وإن سرق وإن زنى. قال: فلما جاء لم أصبر حتى قلت: يا نبي الله جعلني الله فداءك من تكلم في جانب الحرة، ما سمعت أحدا يرجع إليك شيئا؟ قال: ذلك جبريل عليه السلام عرض لي في جانب الحرة. قال: بشر أمتك أنه من مات لا يشرك بالله شيئا دخل الجنة. قلت: يا جبريل وإن سرق وإن زنى؟ قال: نعم. قال: قلت: وإن سرق وإن زنى؟ قال: نعم وإن شرب الخمر.
Bukhari related it in the Raqaiq (6443), and Muslim in the Zakat (94), both from the hadith of Abdul-Aziz bin Rafi, from Zayd bin Wahb, from Abu Dharr, and he narrated it. The wording given is that of Bukhari, and the wording of Muslim is similar.Bukhari said, Nadr said, Shubah informed us, and Habib bin Abu Thabit, Amash, and Abdul-Aziz bin Rafi told us, Zayd bin Wahb told us this.Abu Abdullah (Bukhari) said, "The hadith of Abu Salih, from Abu Darda, is mursal and is not sahih. We only intended it for the sake of knowledge. The sahih hadith is that of Abu Dharr."It was said to Abu Abdullah, "What about the hadith of Ata bin Yasar, from Abu Darda?"He said, "It is also mursal and is not sahih. The sahih hadith is that of Abu Dharr."And he said, "Strike out this hadith of Abu Darda, that if a man dies having said, 'There is no god but Allah,' at the time of death."