The 9th of Safar is the day of the ‘Ammar ibn Yasir passing away

The 9th of Safar is the day of the ‘Ammar ibn Yasir passing away

Fullfiling promises

‘Ammar Yasir has said, “I would graze our own sheep. Muhammad (PBUH) would also graze sheep. One day I said to him, ‘I know of a good pasture located at ‘Fajj’. Would you like to go there tomorrow?’ He answered, ‘Yes.’ The next morning I saw that Muhammad (PBUH) came sooner than I but he had not taken his sheep to the pasture. I asked, ‘So why are you standing (here)?’ He replied, ‘I made a promise with you that we would take our sheep to the pasture together and I didn’t want to violate my oath and take my sheep to the pasture before you.'”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 16, p. 224