(The Noble Prophet (S) has stated the same about Salman Farsi...

(The Noble Prophet (S) has stated the same about Salman Farsi, when he says, “Salman is one of us, the ( ‘a ).”) In continuation of the hadith , the Prophet (S) embarks upon advising Abu Dharr: “I give you advice with the expectation that you will safeguard it and act upon it; because this counsel consists of all the paths which lead to good and prosperity.

If you put this will and counsel into practice, the good of both the world and hereafter will become inexpensive for you.” The term ‘will’ in the above statement means a piece of advice and exhortation, not the will [or testament] that is made at the time of someone’s death. Also ‘ tariq ’ and ‘ sabil ’ both denote road, but ‘ tariq ’ connotes a wide and main route while ‘ sabil ’ means a subsidiary course.

Be careful of your duty to Allah and believe in his Apostle: He will give you two portions of his mercy…” [^3] Therefore, the purport of the Noble Prophet’s (S) words will be as follows: If you put my advice into practice, you will attain twofold and additional good.

But the second possibility is that ‘ kiflan ’ connotes the world and the hereafter, in which case the meaning of the sentence shall be: If you act upon what I have said, you will have attained the prosperity of the world and the hereafter for yourself. Worship and the perception of Allah “O Abu Dharr!

Worship Allah as though you are seeing Him, because if you do not see Him, He nevertheless sees you.” If this part of the hadith has not been reported recurrently, then at least it is equivalent to successive narration and has been related by various channels and mainly by Abu Dharr and with different expressions.