Abu Dharr said: “My provisions and savings during the time of the Noble Prophet (S) had always been three kilograms of dates. As long as I live, I shall never seek to possess more than this quantity.”
‘Ata says: I noticed Abu Dharr offering prayers in an old garment. “O’ Abu Dharr! Don’t you have a better garment?” I asked him.
“If I had one, you would have seen me in it,” he replied.
“But for a period, I had seen you with two outfits,” I said.
“I gave the other one to my nephew, who was in greater need than me.”
“By Allah! You are needy yourself,” I exclaimed.
He raised his head towards the sky and implored, “Indeed! O’ Lord! I am in need of Your forgiveness.”
He then turned to me and continued, “It appears that you have come to regard this world as something very important and significant. In addition to this garment that you presently see on me, I have one more garment which is exclusive for the mosque, some goats which provide me with milk, some food, a wooden case in which I carry my belongings and a wife who relieves me from the troubles of cooking; what bounty could be greater than what I possess?”
Some people suggested to Abu Dharr, “Do you not desire to purchase properties for yourself as the others have done for themselves?”
“What need do I have to become an aristocrat or a nobleman?” he replied. “A drink of milk and water every day and a (small) amount of wheat in a week are quite sufficient for me!( Paighambar Wa Yaran, Volume 1, Page 47; A’yan al-Shi’a, Page 329 – 347 )