Abū Al-Dardā` once wrote to Salmān Al-Fārsī:Come to the Holy Land. [Salmān] wrote back, “Verily, the…

Abū Al-Dardā` once wrote to Salmān Al-Fārsī:

Come to the Holy Land. [Salmān] wrote back, “Verily, the land does not make anyone holy; it is the deeds of a man that make him pure.”

Al-Dhahabī, SIyar A’lām Al-Nubalā 1:549.