ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْجِهَادَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَحَبِّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا

[Machine] I sat among a group of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and I asked them, "Which of you goes to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asks him, 'Which deeds are most beloved to Allah?' They suggested that it would be better if one of us asked him. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for us and appointed a man among us to lead us. When we gathered around him, some of us leaned towards each other, wondering why the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had sent for us. We were afraid that something might have happened to us. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited to us the verse, "Glorify Allah, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, and He is the Almighty, the All-Wise. O you who have believed, why do you say what you do not do?" He recited from the beginning to the end of the chapter, then he recited from the beginning to the end of the chapter of Yahya, and then he recited from the beginning to the end of the chapter of Al-Awza'i, and then Al-Walid recited from the beginning to the end of the chapter.  

جَلَسْتُ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ أَيُّكُمْ يَأْتِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَيَسْأَلَهُ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ فَهِبْنَا أَنْ يَسْأَلَهُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ قَالَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُفْرِدُنا رَجُلًا رَجُلًا يَتَخَطَّى غَيْرَنَا فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعْنَا عِنْدَهُ أَوْمَأَ بَعْضُنَا إِلَى بَعْضٍ لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا؟ فَفَزِعْنَا أَنْ يَكُونَ نَزَلَ فِينَا قَالَ «فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ {سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ} قَالَ فَقَرَأَ مِنْ فَاتِحَتِهَا إِلَى خَاتِمَتِهَا ثُمَّ قَرَأَ يَحْيَى مِنْ فَاتِحَتِها إِلَى خَاتِمَتِهَا ثُمَّ قَرَأَ الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ مِنْ فَاتِحَتِهَا إِلَى خَاتِمَتِهَا وَقَرَأَهَا الْوَلِيدُ مِنْ فَاتِحَتِهَا إِلَى خَاتِمَتِهَا