وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ يَرْفَعُهُ
قَالَ: «ثَلَاثَةٌ يُحِبُّهُمُ اللَّهُ: رَجُلٌ قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَتْلُوا كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَرَجُلٌ يَتَصَدَّقُ بِصَدَقَةٍ بِيَمِينِهِ يُخْفِيهَا أُرَاهُ قَالَ: مِنْ شِمَالِهِ وَرَجُلٌ كَانَ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ فَانْهَزَمَ أَصْحَابُهُ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْعَدُوَّ»
a man who gets up at night and recites God’s book; a man who gives sadaqa with his right hand and concealing it (Abdallah thought he added ‘from his left hand’); and a man who is on an expedition and faces the enemy when his companions are routed. Tirmidhi transmitted it, but said that this is a tradition to which regard is not paid, one of its transmitters, Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash, being guilty of many errors.
Mishkat al-Masabih 1833, Book 7, Zakat, Hadith 147. 1 min read