5625 - Which deed is most beloved to God? He said: أي العمل أحب إلى الله؟ قال:

5625 – حدثنا أبو الوليد: حدثنا شعبة قال: الوليد بن عيزار أخبرني قال: سمعت أبا عمرو الشيباني يقول: أخبرنا صاحب هذه الدار، وأومأ بيده إلى دار عبد الله، قال: سألت النبي ﷺ : أي العمل أحب إلى الله؟ قال: (الصلاة على وقتها). قال: ثم أي؟ قال: (ثم بر الوالدين). قال: ثم أي؟ قال: (الجهاد في سبيل الله). قال: حدثني بهن، ولو استزدته لزادني.

5625 - Abu al-Walid narrated to us: Shu`bah narrated to us: al-Walid ibn `Aizar informed me: I heard Abu `Amr al-Shaibani say: The owner of this house informed us - and he pointed with his hand to the house of `Abdullah - he said: I asked the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace: Which deed is most beloved to God? He said: (The prayer at its proper time). He said: Then what? He said: (Then being dutiful to one’s parents). He said: Then what? He said: (Jihad in the way of God). He said: Tell me about them, and if I had asked him for more, he would have given me more.