Ibn Mas’ud on Dhikr: Remembrance over spending in Jihad

Hilal ibn Yasaf reported: Abdullah ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “That I declare the glory of Allah many times is more beloved to me than spending the same number of coins in the cause of Allah.”

Source: Shu’ab al-Imān lil-Bayhaqī 659

عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ يَسَافٍ عَن عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنهُ قَالَ لَأَنْ أُسَبِّحَ تَسْبِيحَاتٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُنْفِقَ عَدَدَهُنَّ دَنَانِيرَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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