Hilal ibn Yasar 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 way of Allah.”
Source: Shu’ab al-Imān 659
عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ يَسَافٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بن مسعود رضي الله عنه قَالَ لَأَنْ أُسَبِّحَ تَسْبِيحَاتٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُنْفِقَ عَدَدَهُنَّ دَنَانِيرَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ
659 شعب الإيمان