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tabarani:17490a[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh from my father > Jarīr [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > al-Ḥakam And Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Maymūn b. Abū Shabīb > Muʿādh b. Jabal

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, tell me about an action that will enter me into Paradise and distance me from the Fire." He said, "You asked about something great, yet it is easy for those whom Allah has made it easy. Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him, establish the obligatory prayers, pay the obligatory charity, and fast during Ramadan. And if you want, I will inform you about the gates of goodness." I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Fasting is a shield, charity erases sins, and a person's standing in prayer at the depths of the night seeking the face of Allah." Then he recited this verse, "Their sides forsake their beds," (Surah As-Sajdah, 32:16).  

الطبراني:١٧٤٩٠aحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ رَاهَوَيْهِ ثنا أَبِي ثنا جَرِيرٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ وَحَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ أَبِي شَبِيبٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنْبِئْنِي بِعَمَلٍ يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ وَيُبَاعِدُنِي مِنَ النَّارِ فَقَالَ «سَأَلْتُ عَنْ عَظِيمٍ وَإِنَّهُ لَيَسِيرٌ عَلَى مَنْ يَسَّرَهُ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ تَعْبُدُ اللهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ وَتُؤَدِّي الزَّكَاةَ الْمَفْرُوضَةَ وَتَصُومُ رَمَضَانَ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْبَأْتُكَ بِأَبْوَابِ الْخَيْرِ» قُلْتُ أَجَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «الصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ وَالصَّدَقَةُ تُكَفِّرُ الْخَطِيئَةَ وَقِيَامُ الرَّجُلِ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ يَبْتَغِي وَجْهَ اللهِ» قَالَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {تَتَجَافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ}