Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, The truthful ascetic
CompanionThe truthful ascetic
Abu Dharr al-Ghifariأبو ذر الغفاري
Approximate dateAl-Rabadhah
A desert man who walked to Makkah to find the Prophet ﷺ, famous for honesty and plain living.
From the tribe of Ghifar, Abu Dharr declared his Islam out loud at the Kaaba and was beaten for it. He went home and brought much of his tribe into Islam. He asked for a governorship but was told he was too gentle for it. Strict about wealth, he spent his last years in the desert at al-Rabadhah.
What does the hadith say?
The lesson
Leadership is a trust, not a prize.
Who else is linked?
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People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.
Companions
- Abu Bakr
- Umar ibn al-Khattab
- Uthman ibn Affan
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Talhah ibn Ubaydullah
- Al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf
- Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas
- Sa'id ibn Zayd
- Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah
- Hamzah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
- Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
- Jafar ibn Abi Talib
- Bilal ibn Rabah
- Sumayyah bint Khayyat
- Yasir ibn Amir
- Ammar ibn Yasir
- Khabbab ibn al-Aratt
- Al-Arqam ibn Abi al-Arqam
- Mus'ab ibn Umayr
- Uthman ibn Maz'un
- Suhayb al-Rumi
- Abu Dharr al-Ghifari
- Salman al-Farisi
- Fatimah bint al-Khattab
- Umm Ayman
- Asma bint Abi Bakr
- Asma bint Umays
- As'ad ibn Zurarah
- Sa'd ibn Mu'adh
- Sa'd ibn Ubadah
- Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
- Abu Talhah al-Ansari
- Ubayy ibn Ka'b
- Zayd ibn Thabit
- Mu'adh ibn Jabal
- Anas ibn Malik
- Umm Sulaym bint Milhan
- Umm Haram bint Milhan
- Nusaybah bint Ka'b
- Rufaydah al-Aslamiyyah
- Al-Shifa bint Abdullah
- Umm al-Fadl Lubabah
- Umm Kulthum bint Uqbah
- Asma bint Yazid
- Khawlah bint al-Azwar
- Al-Khansa
- Hind bint Utbah
- Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
- Wahshi ibn Harb
- Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl
- Khalid ibn al-Walid
- Amr ibn al-As
- Usamah ibn Zayd
- Al-Nu'man ibn Muqarrin
- Uqbah ibn Nafi
- Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan
- Abdullah ibn Rawahah
- Abdullah ibn Jahsh
- Anas ibn al-Nadr
- Abu Dujanah
- Salim mawla Abi Hudhayfah
- Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad
- Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
- Abdullah ibn Abbas
- Abu Hurayrah
- Abdullah ibn Umar
- Abdullah ibn Amr
- Abu Sa'id al-Khudri
- Jabir ibn Abdullah
- Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
- Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman
- Abdullah ibn Salam
- Tamim al-Dari
- Adi ibn Hatim
- Thumamah ibn Uthal
- Abu Lubabah
- Ka'b ibn Malik
- Hilal ibn Umayyah
- Zayd ibn Arqam
- Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr
- Dihyah al-Kalbi
- Hatib ibn Abi Balta'ah
- Amr ibn Umayyah al-Damri
- Hassan ibn Thabit