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ahmad:23788Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Ibn al-Mubārak > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Salamah > ʿAbdullāh b. Salām

[Machine] We were discussing among ourselves which one of us would go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and ask him which deeds are most beloved to Allah. None of us stood up, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a man to us. He gathered us together and recited to us the entire Surah As-Saff.  

أحمد:٢٣٧٨٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ وَعَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ قَالَ

تَذَاكَرْنَا أَيُّكُمْ يَأْتِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَيَسْأَلَهُ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ؟ فَلَمْ يَقُمْ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا فَجَمَعَنَا فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْنَا هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ يَعْنِي سُورَةَ الصَّفِّ كُلَّهَا