حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّی حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُطَهَّرٍ أَبُو ظَفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَی بْنُ خَلَفٍ الْعَمِّیُّ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَأَنْ أَقْعُدَ مَعَ قَوْمٍ يَذْکُرُونَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ حَتَّی تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَعْتِقَ أَرْبَعَةً مِنْ وَلَدِ إِسْمَعِيلَ وَلَأَنْ أَقْعُدَ مَعَ قَوْمٍ يَذْکُرُونَ اللَّهَ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ إِلَی أَنْ تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مَنْ أَنْ أَعْتِقَ أَرْبَعَةً
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3667
Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet ﷺ said: That I sit in the company of the people who remember Allah the Exalted from morning prayer till the sun rises is clearer to me than that I emancipate four slaves from the children of Isra'il, and that I sit with the people who remember Allah from afternoon prayer till the sun sets is dearer to me than that I emancipate four slaves.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020