Sahih Muslim Book - 12, Hadith - 2307

وَحَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَشْهَبِ حَدَّثَنَا خُلَيْدٌ الْعَصَرِىُّ عَنِ الأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ فِى نَفَرٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَمَرَّ أَبُو ذَرٍّ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ بَشِّرِ الْكَانِزِينَ بِكَىٍّ فِى ظُهُورِهِمْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَبِكَىٍّ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَقْفَائِهِمْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ جِبَاهِهِمْ. - قَالَ - ثُمَّ تَنَحَّى فَقَعَدَ. - قَالَ - قُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا قَالُوا هَذَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ. قَالَ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ مَا شَىْءٌ سَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُ قُبَيْلُ قَالَ مَا قُلْتُ إِلاَّ شَيْئًا قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ نَبِيِّهِمْ -صلى الله عليه وسلم-. قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا تَقُولُ فِى هَذَا الْعَطَاءِ قَالَ خُذْهُ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ الْيَوْمَ مَعُونَةً فَإِذَا كَانَ ثَمَنًا لِدِينِكَ فَدَعْهُ.

It was narrated that Al-Ahnaf bin Qais said: “I was with the group of the Quraish when Abu Dharr passed by saying: ‘Give tidings to the hoarders of a branding iron on their backs that will come out from their sides, and the branding-iron on their necks that will come out from their foreheads.’ Then he went away and sat down. I said: ‘Who is that?’ They said: ‘That is Abu-Dharr.’ I got up and went to him and said: ‘What did I hear you say just now?” He said: ‘I did not say anything that I did not hear from their Prophet (SAW). ‘I said: ‘What do you say about this gift?’ He said: ‘Take it, for it is a help today, but if it is at the expense of your religious commitment, then leave it.’