Mishkat al-Masabih 4864 — Manners

Imran ibn Hittan Narrated from:

I came to Abu Dharr رضي الله عنه and found him in the mosque. He was sitting with a black cloak wrapped round his knees. I asked him, 'O Abu Dharr, why are you sitting all alone?' He said, 'I had heard Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم say; (It is better to sit alone than with evil companions and better to sit with good companions than to be alone better to teach what is good than be silent and better to be silent than to teach what is bad.)' [1]