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Most beloved deed

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ: الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى وَقْتِهَا

Transliteration

Ayyu-l-'amali ahabbu ila-llah? Qala: as-salatu 'ala waqtiha.

Translation

[I asked]: What deed is most beloved to Allah? He said: Prayer at its time. I said: Then what? He said: Kindness to parents. I said: Then what? He said: Jihad in the path of Allah.

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas'ud·Sahih al-Bukhari 527, Sahih Muslim 85

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