Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ ذَكْوَانَ حَدَّثَنِي أَيُّوبُ بْنُ بُشَيْرٍ عَنْ فُلَانٍ الْعَنَزِيِّ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ الْغُبَرِيِّ أَنَّهُ أَقْبَلَ مَعَ أَبِي ذَرٍّ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ تَقَطَّعَ النَّاسُ عَنْهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ إِنِّي سَائِلُكَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ سِرًّا مِنْ سِرِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ أُحَدِّثْكَ قُلْتُ لَيْسَ بِسِرٍّ وَلَكِنْ كَانَ إِذَا لَقِيَ الرَّجُلَ يَأْخُذُ بِيَدِهِ يُصَافِحُهُ قَالَ عَلَى الْخَبِيرِ سَقَطْتَ لَمْ يَلْقَنِي قَطُّ إِلَّا أَخَذَ بِيَدِي غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَكَانَتْ تِلْكَ آخِرَهُنَّ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهِ فَوَجَدْتُهُ مُضْطَجِعًا فَأَكْبَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَالْتَزَمَنِي صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.
English Translation
Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal told us, from Khalid ibn Dhakwan: Ayyub ibn Bushayr told me, from so-and-so al-Anazi - and he did not say al-Ghubari - that he set out with Abu Dharr, and when he returned, the people dispersed from him. I said: O Abu Dharr, I am going to ask you about some matter concerning the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. He said: If it is a secret of the secrets of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, I will not tell you of it. I said: It is not a secret, but rather: was it his practice, when he met a man, to take his hand and shake it? He said: You have hit upon someone who knows. He never met me but that he took my hand, except one time - and that was the last of them: he sent for me, and I came to him during the illness in which he died, and I found him lying down, and I leaned over him, and he raised his hand and embraced me, peace and blessings be upon him.