Muwatta 1277

Malik transmits from Yahya ibn Said, from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Hibban, that he heard him mention that a man passed Abu Dharr at al-Rabadha, and asked him where he was going; he said: the pilgrimage. The man asked: did anyone else dismiss you? He said no. He said: then resume the work. When he came to Mecca and stayed as long as God willed, he saw people gathered around a man; it was the old man he had found at al-Rabadha, Abu Dharr; when he saw him he recognised him and said: he is the one I told you about. ¹

Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Pilgrimage (hajj). Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, Yahya ibn Said ibn Qays al-Ansari, Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Hibban, al-Rabadha, Mecca. Built on in the chapters on the pilgrimage (hajj).