English Translation

Yahya ibn Sa'id told us, from Qurrah: al-Hasan told us: Sa'sa'ah ibn Mu'awiyah told me, who said: I arrived at al-Rabadhah, and there I found Abu Dharr, who came out to meet me with mounts that he had brought to water and then led away again, and he had hung a waterskin on the neck of one of the camels so that he could drink and give his companions to drink - and this was one of the customs of the Arabs. I said: O Abu Dharr, what is the matter with you? He said to me: My deed(s). I said: Go on, O Abu Dharr, what did you hear the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say? He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "Whoever spends a pair from his wealth, the gatekeepers of Paradise will race to call him." We said: What are these two pairs? He said: "If they are riding-saddles, then two saddles; if they are horses, then two horses; if they are camels, then two camels" - until he had counted all the kinds of wealth.